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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 8, 2024 | Ketterer Kunst | Munich | Modern Art Day Sale | 471 | $****** - ****** | Tête de femme |
Works on Paper
64 x 49 cm (25.2 x 19.29 in)
Watercolor on paper, laid on a firm backing paper, the full sheet
Signed in bottom center
Galerie Romanet, Paris (with the faded gallery stamp on the reverse). Private collection Switzerland. Private collection Western Germany. Galerie Thomas, Munich. Dr. Theo Maier-Mohr Collection, Hesse (acquired from the above). Ever since family-owned.
Deux cents ans aquarelles et dessins de Renoir à Picasso, Galerie Romanet, Paris, 1963, cat. no. 189 (inscribed with the cat. no. on the reverse). Called up: June 8, 2024 - ca. 18.34 h +/- 20 min.
Kees van Dongen
Tête de femme
1922.
Watercolor on paper, laid on a firm backing paper.
Signed in bottom center. 64 x 49 cm (25.1 x 19.2 in), the full sheet.
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Further works from the Dr. Maier-Mohr Collection will be offered in our Evening Sale and Contemporary Art Day Sale on Friday, June 7, 2024 - see collection catalog "A Private Collection - Dr. Theo Maier-Mohr".
• Great dramatic effect by the master of the modern female portrait.
• Expressive lines, almond-shaped eyes and strong color accents: Kees van Dongen creates the greatest possible effect with just a few means.
• He dedicated his life"s work to staging sophisticated women of the Parisian upper class.
• His portraits are among the most sought-after works on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• Exhibited at Galerie Romanet, Paris, during the artist"s lifetime
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Accompanied by a photo confirmation of authenticity issued by Dolly A. van Dongen, Paris, from January 12, 1983.
