Kees van Dongen (1877-1968)

細節
Kees van Dongen (1877-1968)

An elegant girl

signed lower right van Dongen, oil on canvas
46 x 38 cm

Executed circa 1919
來源
Bought by the parents of the present owner circa 1926, in Paris

拍品專文

Van Dongen used the same model in full length for a large painting from the same year "La Chemise d'Argent" (see Ecl. Des Courieres, Van Dongen, Paris 1925, no. 72).
In 1919 Van Dongen took his audience in the Salon d'Automne with surprise. He exhibited three portraits of elegant young ladies among others "La Chemise d'Argent". In these years Van Dongen became the painter of the beau monde for whom the new look had become fashionable
See colour illustration