Modern & Contemporary Day Auction
Modern & Contemporary Day Auction
Property from a Private Swedish Collection
Kees van Dongen
Au cirque Médrano
Auction Closed
June 30, 02:45 PM GMT
Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Swedish Collection
Kees van Dongen
1877 - 1968
Au cirque Médrano
signed van Dongen. (lower right); titled on the reverse
oil on canvas
50.3 by 65.3cm., 19¾ by 25¾in.
Framed: 79.1 by 94.2cm, 31⅛ by 37⅛in.
Painted circa 1955.
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.
Private Collection, France (sold: Hôtel Rameau, Versailles, 31st May 1972, lot 58)
Private Collection (purchased at the above sale)
Private Collection, Tel Aviv (by descent from the above. Sold: Sotheby's, London, 26th June 1991, lot 140)
Kunsthandel Loek Brons, Amsterdam (purchased at the above sale)
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 2004. Sold: Christie's, Amsterdam, 10th December 2013, lot 80)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Private Collection (purchased at the above sale)
Private Collection, Tel Aviv (by descent from the above. Sold: Sotheby's, London, 26th June 1991, lot 140)
Kunsthandel Loek Brons, Amsterdam (purchased at the above sale)
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 2004. Sold: Christie's, Amsterdam, 10th December 2013, lot 80)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner