Oil on board 22 x 16 cm, signed lower right, ca. 1925
Annotation on the reverse:
'Van Dongen'.
Exhibition:
Groningen, Groninger Museum, Keuze uit de collecties van E.J. Duintjer en G. Kraus, 17 nov.-9 dec. 1956, nr.11; (reizende tentoonstelling) Delft, Museum Prinsenhof, 21 dec. 1956-10 feb. 1957; Arnhem, Gemeentemuseum, 23 feb.-31 mrt. 1957.This work will be included in the digital Catalogue Raisonné about Kees van Dongen, in preperation at the Wildenstein Plattner Institute New York/Parijs ref. nr.22.09.20/21085. ‘https://vimeo.com/798693600/29e17cc285
Kees van Dongen (1877-1968) is perhaps the most French artist in the Netherlands. He was born in Delftshaven into a family that was not well-off. His talent for drawing was quickly recognized, but there was no money for an education, let alone an art school. The fourteen-year-old Kees was sent out to work. He was barely nineteen when he left for Rotterdam alone. Kees van Dongen ma ...
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