Lot Essay
To be included in the forthcoming Kees van Dongen Catalogue critique being prepared by Jacques Chalom Des Cordes under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Institute.
Jeune fille à sa toilette
Details
Kees van Dongen (1877-1968)
Jeune fille à sa toilette
signed and inscribed 'van Dongen à Germain(e?) Coquet pour la vie' (lower right)
gouache, watercolour, pen and ink and pencil on the reverse of the title-page of Galerie Charpentier 1942
9½ x 6¼ (24.4 x 15.9 cm.)
Executed most probably in 1942
Jeune fille à sa toilette
signed and inscribed 'van Dongen à Germain(e?) Coquet pour la vie' (lower right)
gouache, watercolour, pen and ink and pencil on the reverse of the title-page of Galerie Charpentier 1942
9½ x 6¼ (24.4 x 15.9 cm.)
Executed most probably in 1942
Provenance
Germain(e?) Coquet, Paris, a gift from the artist.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 15 May 1986, lot 177.
Acquired at the above; sale, Sotheby's, London, 9 February 2005, lot 283.
Private collection, London, by whom acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 15 May 1986, lot 177.
Acquired at the above; sale, Sotheby's, London, 9 February 2005, lot 283.
Private collection, London, by whom acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
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