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KEES VAN DONGEN (1877-1968)

Lot 342
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Lot 342 | KEES VAN DONGEN (1877-1968)
Estimate value
$ 120 000 – 180 000
KEES VAN DONGEN (1877-1968)
Un bal (Moulin de la Galette)
signed 'van Dongen' (lower left)
oil on canvas
21 5/8 x 18 1/8 in. (54.9 x 46 cm.)
Painted in 1904




Provenance

Private collection, Paris (by 1962).
Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York (by November 1965).
Adolph Juviler, New York (acquired from the above, 1966); Estate sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 3 May 1974, lot 364.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.



Literature

A. Werner, "Van Dongen" in Arts Magazine, December 1965, vol. 40, no. 2, p. 20 (illustrated).
L. Chaumeil, Van Dongen: L'homme et l'artiste, la vie et l'oeuvre, Geneva, 1967, p. 317, no. 36 (illustrated; dated 1900-1903 and titled La Terrasse du Moulin de la Galette).



Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Ambroise Vollard, Kees van Dongen, November 1904, no. 58 or 84.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Van Dongen, December 1937-January 1938, no. 76 (dated 1902; titled Bal parisien).
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Danse et divertissements, 1948-1949, no. 220 (illustrated; dated 1900).
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Autour de 1900, 1950, no. 177 (illustrated).
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Salon des Tuileries: XXIVe exposition, October-November 1951, no. 272.
Asnières, Salon des arts, Hommage à Van Dongen, 1962, no. 6 (illustrated, p. 11).
New York, Leonard Hutton Galleries, A Comprehensive Exhibition of Paintings by Van Dongen, November-December 1965, no. 4 (illustrated; dated 1903 and with incorrect dimensions).



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)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings
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