Kees VAN DONGEN
Josephine Baker - circa 1925
Gouache, watercolor, ink and black pencil on paper
Signed lower right "van Dongen".
H : 65.2 cm, W : 47.2 cm
Provenance:
London sale, Sotheby's, June 25, 1996, lot 405 (Marcel Baloche, Paris)
Galerie Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp
André van Breusegem Collection, Belgium
To the present owners by descent
Exhibitions :
Venice, Palazzo Grassi,
Flemish and Dutch painting: from Van Gogh, Ensor, Magritte, and Mondrian to contemporary artists, March-July 1997, n°54, reproduced in color p.162
Antwerp, Galerie Ronny Van de Velde,
A selection of 19th and 20th century - Paintings - drawings - watercolours, 1997, reproduced in color p.49
Saint Louis, Sheldon Art Galleries, Washington, National Portrait Gallery,
Josephine Baker: image and icon, April 2006 - April 2007
Travelling exhibition, Rovereto, Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Paris, Musée du Quai Branly, Barcelona, Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona,
Le Siècle du Jazz, art, cinema, music and photography from Picasso to Basquiat, November 2008 - October 2009, reproduced in color p.58
Stuttgart, Kunstmuseum,
I got Rhythm - Kunst und Jazz seit 1920, October 2015 - March 2016, reproduced in color p.87
Laren, Museum Singer Laren,
Kees Van Dongen, De Weg naar succes, January-May 2023, n°104, reproduced in color p.164
Paris, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Petit Palais,
Le Paris des Modernes 1905 - 1925, November 2023 - April 2024, no. 313, reproduced in color p.300
Bibliography:
West End, Saint Louis, April 26 - May 2, reproduced p.14
Limelight, Saint Louis, May 2006, reproduced p.8
D. Hoekstra,
Gallery celebrates singer Josephine Baker, www.suntimes.com, July 30, 2006,
reproduced
P. Vergereau,
Le jazz et ses échos dans l'art, www.ouest-france.fr, reproduced in color
Connaissance des Arts, special issue, "Le Paris de la Modernité",
Petit Palais, Paris, 2023, reproduced in color p.15
The 25 most eagerly awaited exhibitions from September to November 2023, www.telerama.fr, reproduced in color
Le Figaro, Tuesday, December 12, 2023,
n°24667,
Le Figaro et vous, Cahier n°3,
reproduced in color on cover
A notice of inclusion by Mr. Jacques Chalom des Cordes for the Wildenstein Institute will be given to the buyer.
h : 65.2 cm, w : 47.2 cm
Kees VAN DONGEN
H : 65.2 cm, W : 47.2 cm
h : 65.2 cm, w : 47.2 cm
Gouache, watercolor, ink and black crayon on paper ; signed lower right; 25 5/8 x 18 5/8 in.
Estim. 250,000 - 350,000 EUR