Kees van Dongen, (1877-1968)

Paysage dans les champs: la sage femme

Paysage dans les champs: la sage femme
signed 'van Dongen' (lower left); inscribed 'la sage femme' and signed with the artist's initials 'V.D.' (verso)
oil on canvas
33.1 x 55cm (13 1/16 x 21 5/8in).
Painted circa 1950 - 1955

This work will be included in the forthcoming Kees Van Dongen Critical Catalogue, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.

Provenance
Anon. sale, Nouveau Drouot, Paris, 19 March 1984, lot 97A (titled 'Jeune femme au panier dans un paysage').
Galerie Art 204, Paris (acquired at the above sale).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 5 December 1984, lot 167.
P. J. Brennan Collection (acquired at the above sale).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 February 1987, lot 97.
Private collection, London (acquired at the above sale).