Lot Essay
Jacques Chalom des Cordes will include this painting in his forthcoming van Dongen catalogue critique being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Institute.
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
Kees van Dongen (1877-1968)
Portrait de Madame Mahmoud Bey Sultan Helmeja-Zeïtoun
Details
Kees van Dongen (1877-1968)
Portrait de Madame Mahmoud Bey Sultan Helmeja-Zeïtoun
signed and inscribed 'van Dongen Zeïtoun' (upper right); signed again 'VAN DONGEN' (on the stretcher); inscribed 'Madame Mahmoud Bey Sultan Helmeja-Zeïtoun (Egypte)' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
28 7/8 x 23 5/8 in. (73.3 x 60 cm.)
Portrait de Madame Mahmoud Bey Sultan Helmeja-Zeïtoun
signed and inscribed 'van Dongen Zeïtoun' (upper right); signed again 'VAN DONGEN' (on the stretcher); inscribed 'Madame Mahmoud Bey Sultan Helmeja-Zeïtoun (Egypte)' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
28 7/8 x 23 5/8 in. (73.3 x 60 cm.)
Provenance
Dr. A. Roudinesco, Paris (acquired from the artist); sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 10 October 1968, lot 48.
Acquired by the present owner, circa 1985.
Acquired by the present owner, circa 1985.
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Van Dongen, 1949.
Paris, Société des Artistes Indépendants, Kees van Dongen de 1911 à 1914, 1970, no. 24.
Paris, Société des Artistes Indépendants, Kees van Dongen de 1911 à 1914, 1970, no. 24.