Sale 1902
New York
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7 November 2007
Property from a Private American Collection
Price realised
USD 32,200
Estimate
Kees van Dongen (1877-1968) Trois nus allongés signed 'van Dongen.' (lower center) pen and India ink on paper 21 x 28 in. (53.3 x 71.1 cm.)
Provenance
Anon. sale, Habsburg, Feldman, Inc., New York, 8 May 1989, lot 47. Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
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Jacques Chalom des Cordes will include this painting in his forthcoming Kees Van Dongen catalogue raisonné being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Institute.
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