Kees Van Dongen Dutch-French, 1877-1968
Van Dongen fait son marché, 1949
Gouache and pencil on paper.
23 x 16
Signed by the artist in the lower-right corner.
Copyright The Artist
This work is the original gouache that served as an illustration of Roland Dorgelès memoire 'Au Beau temps de la Butte', published in 1949. In this book, Roland Dorgelès, then...
This work is the original gouache that served as an illustration of Roland Dorgelès memoire "Au Beau temps de la Butte", published in 1949. In this book, Roland Dorgelès, then a young journalist, recounts his memories of several figures of the artistic and literary Bohemia that called La Butte de Montmartre home in the early 20th century - among them Kees Van Dongen. This work is, thus, a self-portrait of the artist in his day to day life.
Provenance
Artist's studio.Monaco Fine Arts, Montecarlo
Kitty Schreurs Fine Art, Netherlands
Private collection, Netherlands (acquired from the former in 1990)
Literature
Roland Dorgelès, "Au Beau Temps de la Butte", 1949, éd. Nouvelle Librairie de France, Paris.Louis Chaumeil, "Van Dongen - La vie et l'oeuvre", 1967, Pierre Cailler Éditeur, Genève, ill. n°38.
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