Portrait d'une modèle

Details

Kees van Dongen (1877-1968)
Portrait d'une modèle
signed 'van Dongen' (lower left)
watercolour, pen and India ink, brush and grey wash on paper
28¼ x 17¾ in. (71.7 x 45.1 cm.)
Executed circa 1916-1917

Provenance

Galerie Charpentier, Paris.
La Cloche Collection, Paris.
A. Berrard, Paris.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 17 May 1984, lot 158; sale, Christie's, New York, 13 May 1999, lot 327.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Exhibited

Schiedam, Stedelijk Museum, Verleiding in veelvoud, 2003.

Special Notice

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Lot Essay

This work is to be included in the forthcoming Kees Van Dongen Catalogue critique of paintings and drawings being prepared by Jacques Chalom Des Cordes under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Institute.

According to the late Dolly van Dongen, this watercolour was painted circa 1916-1917 and depicts a model from the Paris couturier house 'Jenny'.

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