Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale
Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale
Property from the Collection of Ber van der Molen
Kees van Dongen
Le Peignoir rose
Lot Closed
June 30, 11:32 AM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Ber van der Molen
Kees van Dongen
1877 - 1968
Le Peignoir rose
signed V.D. (lower left); signed Kees van Dongen and titled on the stretcher
oil on canvas
34.8 by 55.6cm., 13¾ by 21⅞in.
Framed: 59 by 79.8cm., 23¼ by 31⅜in.
Painted in 1905.
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.
Please note that this lot is subject to a guaranteed minimum price and an irrevocable bid. Please refer to the online catalogue for information on guaranteed property and irrevocable bids.
Galerie Berthe Weill, Paris
La Peau de l'Ours, Paris (acquired from the above in 1905. Sold: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Collection de la "Peau de l'ours": Tableaux modernes, 2nd March 1914, lot 13)
Affolter (purchased at the above sale)
Jules Chavasse, Sète (until 1919)
Estate of Jules Chavasse (sold: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 22nd June 1922, lot 9)
Eugène Blot, Paris (purchased at the above sale)
Mr. Léon Clerc (probably acquired from Eugène Blot)
Private Collection, Santiago (by descent from the above)
Galerie Paul Vallotton, Lausanne (acquired by circa 1988)
Ellen Melas Kyriazi, Lausanne (acquired by 1990)
Private Collection, Jersey (acquired by 1990)
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 1st July 1992, lot 121
Kunsthandel Borzo,'s-Hertogenbosch
The Hofland Collection, Wassener (acquired from the above. Sold: Christie's Amsterdam, The Hofland Collection: from Jongkind to Mondriaan, 7th October 2014, lot 41)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
La Peau de l'Ours, Paris (acquired from the above in 1905. Sold: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Collection de la "Peau de l'ours": Tableaux modernes, 2nd March 1914, lot 13)
Affolter (purchased at the above sale)
Jules Chavasse, Sète (until 1919)
Estate of Jules Chavasse (sold: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 22nd June 1922, lot 9)
Eugène Blot, Paris (purchased at the above sale)
Mr. Léon Clerc (probably acquired from Eugène Blot)
Private Collection, Santiago (by descent from the above)
Galerie Paul Vallotton, Lausanne (acquired by circa 1988)
Ellen Melas Kyriazi, Lausanne (acquired by 1990)
Private Collection, Jersey (acquired by 1990)
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 1st July 1992, lot 121
Kunsthandel Borzo,'s-Hertogenbosch
The Hofland Collection, Wassener (acquired from the above. Sold: Christie's Amsterdam, The Hofland Collection: from Jongkind to Mondriaan, 7th October 2014, lot 41)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
André Level, Souvenirs d'un collectionneur, Paris, 1959, p. 20
Anita Hopmans, "Le Mystère Van Dongen: Kropotkine inspiré nègre blanc" in Kees Van Dongen (exhibition catalogue), Paris, 2008, no. 9, illustrated in colour p. 98 (titled Le Piegnoir rose, Portrait de Marie Kalff, as dating from 1904-5)
Jan Jaap Heij, Hollands impressionisme (exhibition catalogue), Bussum, 2013, p. 82, illustrated in colour p.15
Anita Hopmans, "Le Mystère Van Dongen: Kropotkine inspiré nègre blanc" in Kees Van Dongen (exhibition catalogue), Paris, 2008, no. 9, illustrated in colour p. 98 (titled Le Piegnoir rose, Portrait de Marie Kalff, as dating from 1904-5)
Jan Jaap Heij, Hollands impressionisme (exhibition catalogue), Bussum, 2013, p. 82, illustrated in colour p.15