Kees van Dongen (1877-1968)
Le sommeil des fleurs
signed 'Van Dongen' (lower left)
gouache and watercolor on paper
12½ x 9½ in. (31.8 x 24.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1947
Provenance
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 1 May 1996, lot 183.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Lot Essay
Jacques Chalom des Cordes will include this work in the forthcoming Van Dongen catalogue raisonné currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Institute.