KEES VAN DONGEN (1877-1968)
18.11.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1508147
Lot 342 | KEES VAN DONGEN (1877-1968)
Estimate value
120000USD $ 120 000 – 180 000
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) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| 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 |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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