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Danseuse
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Marthe Tour-Donas (1885-1967)
Danseuse
signed 'Tour Donas' (lower right); signed, numbered and inscribed ‘Danseuse par Tour Donas no. 34’ (on the reverse)
oil on board
23 ½ x 9 in. (59.5 x 22.7 cm.)
Painted circa 1918-1919
Danseuse
signed 'Tour Donas' (lower right); signed, numbered and inscribed ‘Danseuse par Tour Donas no. 34’ (on the reverse)
oil on board
23 ½ x 9 in. (59.5 x 22.7 cm.)
Painted circa 1918-1919
Provenance
Galerie Der Sturm, Berlin, by 1921.
Private collection, Germany, circa 1960s, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Private collection, Germany, circa 1960s, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
P.J.H., Paweuls, Marthe Donas: A Woman Artist in the Avant-Garde, London, 2016, p. 111 (illustrated in situ).
Exhibited
Berlin, Galerie Der Sturm, Albert Gleizes, Paris, Jacques Villon, Paris, Louis Marcoussis, Paris, Jules Evola, Rom, Tour Donas, Antwerpen, Sonja Delaunay-Terk: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, January 1921, no. 95.
Milan, Palazzo Reale, L'altra metà dell'Avanguardia, 1910-1940, February - May 1980; this exhibition later travelled to Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, July - August 1980, and Stockholm, Kulturhuset, February - May 1981.
Brussels, Musée d'Art Moderne, Avant-Garde au Belgique 1917-1929, September - December 1992, no. 51.
Milan, Palazzo Reale, L'altra metà dell'Avanguardia, 1910-1940, February - May 1980; this exhibition later travelled to Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, July - August 1980, and Stockholm, Kulturhuset, February - May 1981.
Brussels, Musée d'Art Moderne, Avant-Garde au Belgique 1917-1929, September - December 1992, no. 51.
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