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Kees van Dongen
Estimate
35,000 - 50,000 EUR
bidding is closed
Description
- Kees van Dongen
- Sortie de l'Opera
- signed with the initials and inscribed 564
gouache, watercolour and charcoal on paper laid down paper
- 45 by 26,5 cm.
- Executed in 1901.
Provenance
Galerie Deva MBez, Paris
Private Collection, France; (sale: Sotheby's, London, 22nd February 1989, lot 44)
Frost and Reed, London (purchased at the above sale)
Private Collection, New York
Sale Sotheby's London, 4th February 2004, lot 419
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen; Lyon, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon; Paris, Institut Néerlandais, The Van Dongen Nobody Knows, Early and Fauvist Drawings 1895-1912, 1997, p. 128, no. 38, illustrated in colour
Nassau County Museum of Art (and travelling), La Belle Epoque & Toulouse-Lautrec, 2003
Condition
The colour of the painting is less red than the illustration in the catalogue.
Otherwise in very good condition.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."