KEES VAN DONGEN (1877-1968)
18.11.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1508074
Lot 444 | KEES VAN DONGEN (1877-1968)
Estimate value
50000USD $ 50 000 – 70 000
Maurice Michel Lévy (Bétove)
signed 'van Dongen' (lower right)
oil on canvas
16 1/8 x 12 7/8 in. (40.8 x 32.8 cm.)
Painted circa 1924
Provenance
Anon. sale, Hôtel des Ventes, Bayeux, 1 April 1991, lot 69.
Private collection, Amsterdam; sale, Deauville-Auction, Deauville, 12 April 1998, lot 64.
De La Tour Fine Arts BV, Amsterdam.
Acquired from the above by the late owners, February 1999.
Literature
E. des Courières, Van Dongen, Paris, 1925, no. 81 (illustrated).
N. Gauthier, "Les lettres des arts: De Van Dongen à quelques autres" in La Gazette de Paris, 24 November 1928, no. 2 (illustrated; titled, Bétove).
Further details
This work will be included in the forthcoming Kees Van Dongen digital catalogue raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.
| Artist: | Kees van Dongen (1877 - 1968) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Kees van Dongen (1877 - 1968) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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