Kees van Dongen- Portrait de Femme

Medium:
Watercolor on cream laid paper

Year:
Executed ca. 1924

Dimensions:
Sheet size: 457 x 304 mm.

Signature:
Signed ‘Van Dongen’ lower right & signed Kees van Dongen and inscribed 5 Rue Juliette Lamber Paris XVII (on the verso)

Provenance:
Selected Artists Galleries, Inc., New York
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1966) Thence by descent

Literature:
This work will be included in the Catalogue Raisonné de l'œuvre de Kees van Dongen being prepared by Mr. Jacques Chalom des Cordes in collaboration with the Wildenstein Institute.
Notification of inclusion, October 26th, 2010 under reference no. 10.10.26.11241.3131

Exhibited:
New York, Selected Artists Galleries Inc., From Our Own Collection.
Oil paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Sculpture, 1965, no. 10 Illustrated in the catalogue and dated 1924

Condition:
This watercolor is in excellent condition.
The colors are fresh and pigment is well preserved

Framing:
Frame size: 610 x 670 mm.
Framed in a hand carved wooden frame with white gold and highest quality museum glass.