Kees van Dongen
La Tour Eiffel , 1904 (Painted)
Lot #504 |
2022-06-30 |
Sotheby's, London
Modern & Contemporary Day Auction
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
GBP 120,000 - 180,000 (currency of sale)
USD 145,238 - 217,857 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: L22007
Auction name: Modern & Contemporary Day Auction
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: London
Start date: 2022-06-30
Currency: GBP
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Lot Description
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Genre: Contemporary Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 46 by 55cm.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
46
Width In Centimeters:
55
Height In Inches:
18.125
Width In Inches:
21.625
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Year notes: Painted in 1904.
Provenance
Private Collection, France (sold: Sotheby's, London, 2nd December 1987, lot 176) Private Collection, Europe (purchased at the above sale) Thence by descent to the present owners
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Ambroise Vollard, Kees van Dongen , 1904, no. 85, 86, 87, 88, 89 or 90
Literature
Anita Hopmans, "1895-1908: Le 'Kropotkine' du Bateau-Lavoir", in Van Dongen: Fauve, anarchiste et mondain (exhibition catalogue), Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris, 2011, illustrated in colour p. 26
Catalog summary
Property from a Distinguished Private European Collection Kees van Dongen 1877 - 1968 La Tour Eiffel signed Van Dongen (lower left); signed Kees van Dongen and titled on the stretcher oil on canvas 46 by 55cm., 18⅛ by 21⅝in. Framed: 65.5 by 74.5cm., 25¾ by 29⅜in. Painted in 1904. This work will be included in the forthcoming van Dongen Digital Catalogue Raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc. Provenance Private Collection, France (sold: Sotheby's, London, 2nd December 1987, lot 176) Private Collection, Europe (purchased at the above sale) Thence by descent to the present owners Literature Anita Hopmans, "1895-1908: Le 'Kropotkine' du Bateau-Lavoir", in Van Dongen: Fauve, anarchiste et mondain (exhibition catalogue), Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris, 2011, illustrated in colour p. 26 Exhibited Paris, Galerie Ambroise Vollard, Kees van Dongen , 1904, no. 85, 86, 87, 88, 89 or 90