Modern Day Auction
Modern Day Auction
Property from an Important Private European Collection
Kees van Dongen
Femme assise
Auction Closed
May 18, 09:51 PM GMT
Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Private European Collection
Kees van Dongen
1877 - 1968
Femme assise
signed Van Dongen (lower right)
oil on canvas
21¼ by 25⅝ in.
55 by 46 cm.
Executed circa 1909.
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 the present work has been requested for inclusion in the forthcoming exhibition Kees van Dongen—Audacious and Seductive scheduled to be held at the Singer Laren Museum in Laren, The Netherlands from 17 January to 7 May 2023. The exhibition will be curated by Anita Hopmans. A Summary of the Exhibition is available upon request. Please note there is an Irrevocable Bid on this lot.
Galerie Kahnweiler, Paris (acquired from the artist circa 1909)
René Hislaire, Brussels (acquired in 1938)
Mrs. René Hislaire, New York (acquired by descent from the above)
Sotheby’s New York, 25 October 1972, lot 56 (consigned by the above)
Paul Kantor, New York and Beverly Hills (acquired from the above)
Charles Tabachnick, Toronto
Sotheby’s, New York, 22 October 1980, lot 59 (consigned by the above)
Richard M. Cohen, Los Angeles (acquired from the above)
Sotheby’s New York, 10 May 2000, lot 33 (consigned by the above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
René Hislaire, Brussels (acquired in 1938)
Mrs. René Hislaire, New York (acquired by descent from the above)
Sotheby’s New York, 25 October 1972, lot 56 (consigned by the above)
Paul Kantor, New York and Beverly Hills (acquired from the above)
Charles Tabachnick, Toronto
Sotheby’s, New York, 22 October 1980, lot 59 (consigned by the above)
Richard M. Cohen, Los Angeles (acquired from the above)
Sotheby’s New York, 10 May 2000, lot 33 (consigned by the above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Antonín Matějček, "Podzimní pařížský Salon (Le Salon d’automne parisien)" in Volné Směry, 14e année, 1910, p. 138, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, All Eyes on Kees van Dongen, 2010-11, p. 90, illustrated (dated circa 1909)
Exh. Cat., Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, All Eyes on Kees van Dongen, 2010-11, p. 90, illustrated (dated circa 1909)