Kees van Dongen (1877-1968)

Les glaneuses de Chailly-en-Biére

Details

Kees van Dongen (1877-1968)
Les glaneuses de Chailly-en-Biére
signed 'Van Dongen' (lower left) and signed again and inscribed 'Chantilly' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
14½ x 17½ in. (37 x 44.5 cm.)
Executed in 1904

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner circa 1958-60.

Lot Essay

Van Dongen executed Les glaneuses de Chailly-en-Biére as a tribute to J.F.Millet, basing his oil on Millet's Les Glaneuses now housed in the Musée du Louvre, Paris.

This work will be included in the forthcoming Van Dongen catalogue raisonné currently being prepared by the Wildenstein Institute.

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