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KEES VAN DONGEN (1877-1968)

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£ 600 000
Auction dateClassic
13.10.2023 19:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 1027844
Lot 29 | KEES VAN DONGEN (1877-1968)
KEES VAN DONGEN (1877-1968)

La Porte Dauphine

signed ‘van Dongen’ (lower left)

oil on canvas

39 3/8 x 32 in. (100 x 81.2 cm.)

Painted circa 1923





Provenance

Jeanne Adèle Bernard (Madame Jenny), Nice, by whom acquired directly from the artist by 1959.

Galerie Paul Pétridès, Paris.

Private collection, Switzerland.

Jean Mélas-Kyriazi, Lausanne, by whom acquired in 1965, and thence by descent.

Galerie Hopkins-Custot, Paris.

Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired in 1995; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 7 November 2007, lot 63.

Acquired at the above sale.



Literature

E. des Courières, Van Dongen, Paris, 1925, no. 47 (illustrated; titled 'Porte Dauphine').

L. Chaumeil, Van Dongen, L’homme et l’artiste - La vie et l’œuvre, Geneva, 1967, no. XXVI, p. 327 (illustrated pl. XXVI; dated '1924').

J. M. Kyriazi, Van Dongen après le Fauvisme, Lausanne, 1976, p. 144 (illustrated p. 51; dated ‘1925’).

Exh. cat., Hidden Face, Hidden Portraits: The Scientific Examination of Works of Art, Tokyo, 1993, p. 21 (illustrated fig. 26).



Exhibited

Paris, The artist's studio (5, rue Juliette-Lamber), Paris par Van Dongen, November - December 1923, nos. 5 or 6.

Nice, Galerie des Ponchettes, Van Dongen, February - March 1959, no. 50, p. 34 (illustrated).

Geneva, Musée de l'Athenée, Van Dongen, 1877-1968, July - October 1976, no. 28 (illustrated).

Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Kees van Dongen, December 1989 - February 1990, no. 48 (illustrated; dated '1924-1925').

Paris, Musée d’art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Van Dongen, Le Peintre 1877-1968, March - June 1990, pp. 187 & 259 (illustrated p. 187; dated '1924-1925').

Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, La ville: art et architecture en Europe 1870-1993, February - May 1994; this exhibition later travelled to Barcelona, Centre de cultura contemporania, June - October 1994.

Monaco, Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, Salle d'expositions du Quai Antoine-1er, Van Dongen, June - September 2008, no. 220, p. 51 (illustrated; dated '1924-1925').

Ferrara, Palazzo del Diamanti, Gli Anni Folla. La Parigi di Modigliani, Picasso e Dalí, September 2011 - January 2012, no. 12, p. 81 (illustrated).



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:Cityscape
Place of origin:Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands
Auction house category:Paintings
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