Lot Essay
Jacques Chalom des Cordes will include this painting in his forthcoming van Dongen catalogue raisonné being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Institute.
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Recuerdo de Toledo
Details
Kees van Dongen (1877-1968)
Recuerdo de Toledo
signed 'van Dongen' (lower left); dated and inscribed 'Recuerdo de Toledo 1908' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
39½ x 39½ in. (100 x 100 cm.)
Painted in 1908
Recuerdo de Toledo
signed 'van Dongen' (lower left); dated and inscribed 'Recuerdo de Toledo 1908' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
39½ x 39½ in. (100 x 100 cm.)
Painted in 1908
Provenance
Galerie Pétridès, Paris.
Melas Kyriazi Collection, Switzerland.
Melas Kyriazi Collection, Switzerland.
Literature
J.M. Kyriazi, Le nu féminin dans l'Ecole de Paris, Lausanne, 1975, p. 60 (illustrated in colour; dated 1910).
Exhibited
Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbe Museum, Van Dongen 1877-1937, 1937, no. 19 (dated 1911).
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Eere-Tentoonstelling van Dongen, December 1937 - January 1938, no. 24 (dated 1911).
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, 1942, no. 80.
Paris, Galerie Pétridès, Cinquante toiles de maîtres, May - June 1965, no. 29 (illustrated).
Lausanne, Galerie Paul Vallotton, Le nu dans l'Ecole de Paris, May - June 1975, no. 29.
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Kees van Dongen, December 1989 - February 1990, no. 32.
Paris, Musée d'Art moderne, Van Dongen, le peintre, March - June 1990, pp. 140-141.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Eere-Tentoonstelling van Dongen, December 1937 - January 1938, no. 24 (dated 1911).
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, 1942, no. 80.
Paris, Galerie Pétridès, Cinquante toiles de maîtres, May - June 1965, no. 29 (illustrated).
Lausanne, Galerie Paul Vallotton, Le nu dans l'Ecole de Paris, May - June 1975, no. 29.
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Kees van Dongen, December 1989 - February 1990, no. 32.
Paris, Musée d'Art moderne, Van Dongen, le peintre, March - June 1990, pp. 140-141.
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Please note that this work was more likely painted circa 1910-1911 and not as stated in the catalogue.
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