Kees van Dongen (1877-1968)

Kees van Dongen (1877-1968)
La partie des cartes (A la recherche du temps perdu)
stamped with signature ‘Van Dongen’ (lower center)
gouache, watercolor and blue ink on paper
Image size: 9 3/8 x 7 ½ in. (23.7 x 19 cm.)
Sheet size: 9 5/8 x 8 3/8 in. (24.4 x 21.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1946-1947

Provenance
Proust collection, Paris (gift from the artist).
Private collection, Paris (by descent from the above).
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London, 30 June 1976, lot 274.
Crane Kalman Gallery, London.
Private collection, New York (acquired from the above, September 1976).
Gift from the above to the present owner, circa 2000.