Auction on
31 March 2021 - 14:00 (CEST) -
5, avenue d'Eylau - 75116 Paris
Van Dongen was again revealed to be the master of the female portrait, and a work by Edward Cucuel broke a French record.
Kees Van Dongen (1877-1968), Jeune femme debout, princesse russe, Venise, (Standing Young Woman, Russian Princess, Venice), 1921, 146 x 75 cm/57.78 x 29.52 in. Result: €286,000
Kees Van Dongen (1877-1968), Jeune femme debout, princesse russe, Venise, (Standing Young Woman, Russian Princess, Venice), 1921, 146 x 75 cm/57.78 x 29.52 in. Result: €286,000
Venice will always be Venice and so will Kees Van Dongen: an eternal painter of women, or at least a certain image of them—worldly, elegant and distinguished. To those who rebuked him for not baring their souls or inner nature, he replied, “Can you see it? I don’t…
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