Deauville, Les Tentes 1956

Kees Van Dongen (1877-1968, Dutch)

Deauville, Les Tentes 1956

oil on canvas
54.5 x 66.0 cm

signed lower right: van Dongen

signed with initials, dated and inscribed verso: Deauville/ Les Tentes/ 1956. V.D.

Provenance:

Sotheby's, New York, 14 May 1998, lot 228

Company collection, Melbourne

Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne,

10 August 1998, lot 38

Property of an investment syndicate, Melbourne

Menzies, Sydney, 8 December 2011, lot 36

Company collection, Melbourne

Reference:

Chaumeil, L., 'Van Dongen et les Fauves', Art de France, 1961, pp.386-389

Wentinck, C., Van Dongen, Les Beaux-Arts aux Pays-Bas, Amsterdam, 1963, n.p.

Diehl, G., Van Dongen, The Uffici Press, Lugano, 1969

This work is to be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné Van Dongen, currently being prepared by Mr. Jacques Chalom des Cordes under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Institute, Paris

Related Works:

La Plage à Deauville, c1935, oil on canvas, 46.0 x 55.0 cm, sold Christie's, New York, 10 May 2007, lot 306, US$600,000 (including buyer's premium)

Estimate: $300000 - 400000

Result Hammer: $350000