Kees van Dongen, Dutch 1877-1968- Paysage au Remorqueur, circa 1905; watercolour and gouache, studio stamp lower right, 8.2 x 14 (image), 9x14.7cm(sheet) (ARR) Provenance: Art Impressionniste et Moderne Dont Un Ensemble d'oeuvres Provenant de...

Kees van Dongen, Dutch 1877-1968- Paysage au Remorqueur, circa 1905; watercolour and gouache, studio stamp lower right, 8.2 x 14 (image), 9x14.7cm(sheet) (ARR) Provenance: Art Impressionniste et Moderne Dont Un Ensemble d'oeuvres Provenant de l'Atelier Degas, Christie's, Paris, 24 May 2006, lot 57; Wolseley Fine Arts, London where purchased by a Private Collection, London in 2008; thence by descent. Note: This lot is accompanied with a certificate of authenticity from the Wildenstein Institute, Paris ref 06.03.21.9828.1237 dated 21 March 2006. This piece is by the Dutch-French painter Kees van Dongen, who was a central member of the Fauvist movement alongside artists such as Henri Matisse, André Derain and Maurice de Vlaminck. This work exhibits the more muted style and smaller scale of the landscapes, inspired by Rembrandt, which formed his earlier output. In 1926 Van Dongen was awarded the Legion d’Honneur, and in the following year the Order of the Crown of Belgium. His works are currently held in the collections of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., among others.