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Lot 351 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR

Kees van Dongen (1877-1968)

Portrait de Madame Mahmoud Bey Sultan Helmeja-Zeïtoun

Closed5 May 2010

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Kees van Dongen (1877-1968)
Portrait de Madame Mahmoud Bey Sultan Helmeja-Zeïtoun
signed and inscribed 'van Dongen Zeïtoun' (upper right); signed again 'VAN DONGEN' (on the stretcher); inscribed 'Madame Mahmoud Bey Sultan Helmeja-Zeïtoun (Egypte)' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
28 7/8 x 23 5/8 in. (73.3 x 60 cm.)

Dr. A. Roudinesco, Paris (acquired from the artist); sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 10 October 1968, lot 48.
Acquired by the present owner, circa 1985.

Specialist note

Jacques Chalom des Cordes will include this painting in his forthcoming van Dongen catalogue critique being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Institute.