Kees van Dongen (1877-1968)

Femme aux étoiles

Details

Kees van Dongen (1877-1968)
Femme aux étoiles
signed 'van Dongen' (lower right)
watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper laid down on board
18 x 13 in. (45.7 x 33 cm.)
Painted circa 1935

Provenance

George Davis, Paris (acquired from the artist, circa 1935).
By descent from the above to the present owner.

Literature

A. Gregory, Paris De Luxe: Place Vendôme, London, 1997, p. 114 (illustrated in color).

Lot Essay

Jacques Chalom des Cordes will include this work in his forthcoming van Dongen catalogue raisonné being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Institute.

This painting was published in the June 1935 isssue of Harper's Bazaar to illustrate a green cape by the renowned Parisian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli.

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