May 03, 2010 - Sale 2213

Sale 2213 - Lot 140

Price Realized: $ 1,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
VAN DONGEN (1877-1968) [DANCING WOMAN.]
27x20 1/2 inches, 69x51 cm.
Condition A-: minor time-staining in margins and image; horizontal fold.
Although he was one of the most flamboyant "fauvre" painters, Van Dongen left the world of Avant-garde art behind and became one of the leading portraitists of fashionable French society. He also worked a lot for performers, especially dancers. unreferenced