105 - Kees VAN DONGEN

Kees VAN DONGEN Brigitte Bardot - circa 1959–1960 Oil on canvas Signed "Van Dongen" in the upper left corner; initials "VD" countersigned on the back of the stretcher 130.2 x 97 cm Provenance: Kees Van Dongen Marie-Claire Van Dongen, Monaco (by descent from the previous owner, circa May 1968) Private collection, Monaco (by descent from the previous owner, circa July 2011) Private collection (through descent from the previous owner, circa May 2025) Exhibitions: Paris, Musée Galliera, “Painters as Witnesses of Their Time: Love,” January–March 1964, reproduced in color on the cover and on the exhibition poster New York, Leonard Hutton Galleries, “A Comprehensive Exhibition of Paintings 1900 to 1925 by Van Dongen,” November–December 1965, no. 31, reproduced in color (dated 1960) Tokyo, Iselan Gallery; Nagoya, Meitetsu Gallery; Yokohama, Yokohama Museum of Art; Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefectural Museum; Hamamatsu, Hamamatsu Museum of Art, March–July 1978, no. 50, reproduced in color Bibliography: J.-F. Chabrun, “Van Dongen Rediscovers His Past,” in Paris-Match, No. 548, October 10, 1959, reproduced in color (installation view, titled Portrait of B.B.) "Schilder van der Vrow: Kees van Dongen, full of life despite being 83," in *De Volkskrant*, June 16, 1960, reproduced C. Megret, “The Most French of the Dutch,” August 12, 1960 (video of the interview with Kees Van Dongen in his studio; https://www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire-actu/video/cpf08009173/le-plus-francais-des-hollandais) “Controversy Surrounding Kees van Dongen Has Subsided,” in *Televizier*, No. 3, special issue, *Televizier: Kees Van Dongen*, January 21, 1961, reprinted H. Ten Berge, “Kees van Dongen Saw Brigitte Change,” in De Telegraaf, February 14, 1964, reproduced on p. 11 G. Diehl, Van Dongen, Flammarion, Paris, 1968, pp. 72, 85, reproduced in color on p. 84 (titled *Portrait of Brigitte Bardot*, private collection, Monaco) Cor Dekkinga 1959, *Painting of Brigitte Bardot by Van Dongen*, photograph, LaM, Lille, inv. no. 2009.8.2 (11) (installation view, photograph erroneously dated 1959; the correct date is circa 1961) Cor Dekkinga 1959, Van Dongen’s Studio, Photograph, LaM, Lille, inv. no. 2009.88 (installation view; photograph erroneously dated 1959; the correct date is circa 1961) This work will be included in the digital Van Dongen catalog raisonné currently being prepared by the Wildenstein Plattner Institute. A notice of inclusion from the Wildenstein Plattner Institute will be issued at the buyer’s expense. Kees VAN DONGEN 130.2 x 97 cm