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Les deux caniches
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KEES VAN DONGEN (1877-1968)
Les deux caniches
signed 'van Dongen' (lower right); signed 'Van Dongen' (on the reverse)
oil on board
14 x 10 1/2 in. (35.5 x 26.8 cm.)
Painted circa 1936-1946
Les deux caniches
signed 'van Dongen' (lower right); signed 'Van Dongen' (on the reverse)
oil on board
14 x 10 1/2 in. (35.5 x 26.8 cm.)
Painted circa 1936-1946
Provenance
Private collection.
J.F. van Abbe, Aalst Waarlre.
Private collection; sale, Christie's, London, 1 December 1970, lot 87.
Anonymous sale, Palais Galliéra, Paris, 29 March 1971, lot 28.
Anonymous sale, Kunstveilingen Mak Van Waay, Amsterdam, 17 December 1973, lot 70.
Private collection, Rhineland.
Private collection, Hamburg, by descent from the above.
Anonymous sale, Ketterer Kunst, Munich, 9 December 2017, lot 676.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
J.F. van Abbe, Aalst Waarlre.
Private collection; sale, Christie's, London, 1 December 1970, lot 87.
Anonymous sale, Palais Galliéra, Paris, 29 March 1971, lot 28.
Anonymous sale, Kunstveilingen Mak Van Waay, Amsterdam, 17 December 1973, lot 70.
Private collection, Rhineland.
Private collection, Hamburg, by descent from the above.
Anonymous sale, Ketterer Kunst, Munich, 9 December 2017, lot 676.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Van Dongen, 1949, no. 167.
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans, Kees van Dongen werken van 1894 tot 1949, May - July 1949, no. 98, p. 13 (titled 'De Twee Hondjes').
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans, Kees van Dongen werken van 1894 tot 1949, May - July 1949, no. 98, p. 13 (titled 'De Twee Hondjes').
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Further Details
This work will be included in the forthcoming Van Dongen Digital Catalogue Raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.
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