Kees van Dongen - Deux Femmes Nues a la Fenetre 1922
Deux Femmes Nues a la Fenetre 1922
129x96cm oil/canvas
Sold for: USD 1.17 million
Auction house: Sotheby’s, London
Sale date: 28 February 2018
Seller: Private Collection
Buyer: Anonymous buyer
From Sotheby’s:
For Van Dongen the female form was a central source of inspiration. He painted women in all their guises – nudes, dancers, society women – and these depictions are among the most celebrated works in his œuvre. His experience working with his fellow artists at the Bateau Lavoir, the famous dilapidated studio in Montmartre, provided him access to some of the most flamboyant figures in the Parisian demi-monde. Dancers, cabaret performers and members of the Cirque Médrano were frequent models at his studio, and the present composition exemplifies the influence of this beguiling, exotic environment.