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Lot 107 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE FRENCH COLLECTION
Kees van Dongen (1877-1968)
Charlus se fait présenter les fils de Surgis (A la recherche du temps perdu)
Closed16 May 2017
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USD 100,000
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Specialist note
Jacques Chalom des Cordes will include this work in his forthcoming Van Dongen catalogue critique being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Institute.
In 1947, the publisher Gallimard released the novel A la recherche du temps perdu by Marcel Proust, illustrated with 77 watercolors by Van Dongen made especially for this publication. The present work is part of this extraordinary body of illustration, and was gifted by the artist to the Proust family.
In 1947, the publisher Gallimard released the novel A la recherche du temps perdu by Marcel Proust, illustrated with 77 watercolors by Van Dongen made especially for this publication. The present work is part of this extraordinary body of illustration, and was gifted by the artist to the Proust family.