Lot Essay
Jacques Chalom des Cordes will include this painting in his forthcoming Kees Van Dongen catalogue raisonné being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Institute.
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Femme ajustant les bas
Details
Kees van Dongen (1877-1968)
Femme ajustant les bas
signed 'van Dongen.' (lower right)
brush and India ink and colored wax crayons on paper laid down on paper
19¼ x 12½ in. (49.6 x 31.8 cm.)
Femme ajustant les bas
signed 'van Dongen.' (lower right)
brush and India ink and colored wax crayons on paper laid down on paper
19¼ x 12½ in. (49.6 x 31.8 cm.)
Provenance
Galerie Charpentier, Paris (by 1942).
Galerie Hopkins-Thomas, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1996.
Galerie Hopkins-Thomas, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1996.
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Exposition van Dongen, Cinquante ans de peinture, 1942.
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