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KEES VAN DONGEN (1877-1968)

Lot 23
13.10.2023 19:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1027837
Lot 23 | KEES VAN DONGEN (1877-1968)
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KEES VAN DONGEN (1877-1968)

Nuages, ou Guus Van Dongen et sa Fille Dolly portées aux Nues

signed 'Van Dongen' (lower left); signed again with the initials 'V.D.' (upper left)

oil on canvas

28 7/8 x 36 ¼ in. (73.5 x 92 cm.)

Painted in Fleury-en-Bière in Summer 1905





Provenance

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris.

Samy Chalom, Paris, and thence by descent by 1962.

Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York.

Acquired by 1971, and thence by descent to the present owners.



Literature

A. v. V., 'Rotterdamsche Kunstkring: Kees van Dongen' in Algemeen Handelsblad, no. 24828, Amsterdam, 13 June 1906, p. 7.

P. Hepp, 'Les Expositions - Van Dongen (Galerie Bernheim)' in La Grande Revue, Paris, 10 December 1908, p. 607.

L. Chaumeil, Van Dongen, L’homme et l’artiste - La vie et l’œuvre, Geneva, 1967, no. V, p. 325 (illustrated p. 225).

J. M. Kyriazi, Van Dongen et le Fauvisme, Lausanne, 1971, no. 31, p. 146 (illustrated p. 79).

M. Giry, Le Fauvisme, ses origines, son évolution, Neuchâtel, 1981, p. 134.

G. Nevejan, Le Portrait feminin dans l’œuvre de Kees Van Dongen, Paris, 1983, no. 16 (illustrated pl. 16).

A. Devroye, L’œuvre de Kees Van Dongen jusqu’en 1920, L’École du Louvre, 1984, no. 55.

M. Giry, 'Les années fauves de van Dongen' in Kees van Dongen 1877-1968, exh. cat., Saint-Tropez, 1985.

Exh. cat, Paris Aujourd'hui, Paris, 1990, no. 6 (illustrated).

'Van Dongen: Un peintre authenthique' in L'Amateur d'Art, Paris, 1990 (illustrated).

A. Hopmans, All Eyes on Kees van Dongen, exh. cat., Rotterdam, 2010, p. 23 (illustrated).

A. Hopmans, Van Dongen: Fauve, anarchiste et mondain, exh. cat., Paris, 2011, p. 27 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Paris, Galerie E. Druet, Kees van Dongen: Une saison, October - November 1905, no. 16.

Rotterdam, Kunstkring, Tentoonstelling van schilder - en teekenwerk van Kees van Dongen, May - June 1906, no. 58; this exhibition later travelled to Zwolle, June 1906.

Moscow, Dom Chludovikh, Exhibition of Paintings: Salon Golden Fleece, April - May 1908, no. 51.

Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Exposition van Dongen, November - December 1908, no. 26.

Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Exposition Van Dongen, June 1911, no. 5.

Asnières, Salon des arts, Hommage à Van Dongen, 1962, no. 12, p. 14 (illustrated; titled 'Maternité').

New York, Leonard Hutton Galleries, A Comprehensive Exhibition of Paintings 1900 to 1925 by Van Dongen, November - December 1965, no. 2 (titled 'La Maternité' and dated '1900').

The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, licht door kleur nederlandse luministen, December 1976 - February 1977, no. 8, p. 33 (illustrated pl. XIII, p. 37).

Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Manguin parmi les Fauves, June - September 1983, no. 61, p. 122 (illustrated).

Saint-Tropez, Musee de l’Annonciade, Kees Van Dongen 1877-1968, July - September 1985, no. 6 (illustrated; titled 'Guus et Dolly portées aux Nues'); this exhibition later travelled to Toulouse, Réfectoire des Jacobins, October - November 1985.

Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen, Kees van Dongen, December 1989 - February 1990, no. 2 (illustrated).

Paris, Musee d’art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Van Dongen, Le Peintre 1877-1968, March - June 1990, p. 257 (illustrated p. 101).

Essen, Museum Folkwang, Van Gogh und die Moderne, 1890-1914, August - November 1990, no. 92, p. 255 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, November 1990 - February 1991.

Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Fauvism and Modern Japanese Painting, October - December 1992, no. 49, p. 90 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Kyoto, National Museum of Modern Art, January - February 1993 and Tokyo, National Museum of Modern Art, February - March 1993.

Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland, Monet to Matisse: Landscape Painting in France 1874-1914, August - October 1994, no. 164, pp. 105 & 191 (illustrated p. 105; a detail illustrated again and titled 'Guus and Dolly').

Montreal, Musée des beaux-arts, Paradis Perdue: L’Europe symboliste, June - October 1995, no. 443, pp. 312, 361 & 525 (illustrated pl. 444).

Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Fauves, December 1995 - February 1996, no. 37, p. 116 (illustrated p. 117); this exhibition later travelled to Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, February - May 1996.

Balingen, Stadthalle, Das Ewig Weibliche, L’Eternel Féminin, von Renoir bis Picasso, June - September 1996, no. 27, p. 37 (illustrated).

Monaco, Salle d’expositions du Quai Antoine-1er, Kees van Dongen, June - September 2008, no. 77, p. 331 (illustrated p. 125); this exhibition later travelled to Montreal, Musée des beaux-arts, January - April 2009 and Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, May - August 2009.



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.
Artist:Kees van Dongen (1877 - 1968)
Applied technique:Oil, Oil on canvas, Painted
Medium:Canvas, Textile
Art style:Impressionism, Modern art
Genre:Nude art
Place of origin:Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands
Auction house category:Paintings
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