Willem De Kooning (1904-1997) Model, 1985, SEAT , Italy Lithograph and heliogravure after a pastel drawing by the artist. Signed on the plank On Fabriano vellum paper 52 x 37 cm Frame not included At the absolute apex of the global art market, Willem de Kooning holds a uniquely pivotal position—cemented by his $300 million masterpiece Interchange—where his revolutionary synthesis of raw figuration and gestural abstraction bridges the historical and stylistic spans of the world's 20 most valued artists: from Old Masters like Leonardo da Vinci and Rembrandt, to Post-Impressionists and Modernists such as Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, Georges Seurat, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edvard Munch, Gustav Klimt, and Qi Baishi. De Kooning's violent, impasto-laden brushwork echoes the psychological intensity and structural inquiry of Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon, Amedeo Modigliani, and Alberto Giacometti, while his non-figurative dynamism directly aligns with Abstract Expressionist peers Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. Furthermore, his breaking of stylistic boundaries laid the critical groundwork for Pop and contemporary titans like Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, making his canvases an indispensable linchpin among art history's most expensive treasures.