LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

40.16 in. (102.00 cm.) (height) by 25.79 in. (65.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed van Dongen (bottom center); indistinctly inscribed Arabe Egypte on the stretcher

Exhibited:

Saint Tropez, Musée de l'Annonciade & Toulouse, Réfectoire des Jacobins, Kees van Dongen, 1877-1968, 1985, no. 36, illustrated in color in the catalogue Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Van Dongen: le peintre, 1877-1968, 1990, illustrated in the catalogue (as dating from 1911) Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Kees van Dongen, 2002, no. 48, illustrated in color in the catalogue (as dating from circa 1910). Monte Carlo, Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, Salle d'expositions du Quai Antoine-1er; Montreal, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts & Barcelona, Museu Picasso, Van Dongen, 2008-09, no. 173, illustrated in color in the catalogue and on the back cover (as dating from 1911).

Literature:

François Le Targat, Kees van Dongen, le regard fauve, Beaux-Arts, Paris, July & August 1985, illustrated p. 52 and a detail illustrated in color on the cover Jérôme Coignard, "Van Dongen, le fauve demi-mondain," Connaissance des Arts, April 2002, Paris, illustrated pp. 5 and 91

Provenance:

Henri Le Boeuf, Brussels. Mme Le Boeuf, Brussels. La Faille, Paris. Private Collection, Paris. Galerie Hopkins-Custot, Paris. Acquired from the above