Focus on this artwork and explain the Provenance.
From the late 1970s to 1994, the painting was part of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art collection. After the Iranian Revolution in 1979, the painting could not be shown because of strict rules set by the government about the visual arts and acceptable subject matter. Finally, in 1994, the painting was acquired by collector Thomas Ammann and subsequently traded to collector David Geffen for part of a 16th century Persian manuscript, the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp.In November 2006, the painting was sold by Geffen to billionaire Steven A. Cohen for $137.5 million.  It is currently the fourteenth most expensive painting ever bought, and the only of de Koonings early Woman series not held in a public collection.
David Geffen Iranian Revolution Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp the Iranian Revolution Steven A. Cohen Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art Thomas Ammann