Lot #695: KEES VAN DONGEN - Une beauté Cannes - Watercolor and gouache on paper

 

Artist: Kees Van Dongen (Dutch/French, 1877-1968).
Title: "Une beauté Cannes".
Medium: Watercolor and gouache on paper.
Date: Composed 1908.
Dimensions: Overall size: 9 1/16 x 7 in. (230 x 178 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in watercolor lower right recto; signed, titled, and dated in pencil, verso; collector and gallery ink stamps, verso. Painted on light cream laid paper. Very good to fine condition; a few very minor handling dimples; remains of hinging tape verso; a soft vertical crease near the left edge; overall presents very well. Provenance: If you have a genuine interest in bidding on this work kindly send an email to: [email protected] for complete provenance information and additional image(s). Comment(s): A work by Van Dongen, ‘Portrait of a Woman with a Cigarette,’ comparable to our example in composition, size, and medium, sold for $60,305 (€50,700) at Millon & associés, Paris, June 30, 2021, lot #110. Van Dongen was one of the leading Fauves and later an Expressionist, known for his vibrant paintings and drawings of almond-eyed women and bourgeois leisure scenes. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [30504-1-24000]