KEES VAN DONGEN (1877-1968)
Derrière la ferme
signed 'van Dongen' (lower right); signed 'Kees van Dongen' (on the reverse)
oil on paper laid down on board
22.4 x 30.3cm (8 13/16 x 11 15/16in).
Painted in Holland circa 1895
Footnotes:
This work will be included in the forthcoming Kees van Dongen Digital Catalogue Raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.

Provenance
(Possibly) Galerie Ambroise Vollard, Paris (acquired by 1904).
Private collection, Europe (acquired by 1959).
Private collection, Belgium (by descent from the above).

Exhibited
(Possibly) Paris, Galerie Ambroise Vollard, Kees van Dongen, 15 – 25 November 1904, no. 48.

Literature
L. Chaumeil, Van Dongen, L'homme et l'artiste - La vie et l'oeuvre, Geneva, 1967, p. 57 (illustrated pl. 13).
X. Girard, 'Van Dongen, les premières chimères', in Van Dongen, Le Peintre, 1877-1968, exh. cat., Paris, 1990, p. 55.
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One artist's pinhole to the lower right corner. Examination under Ultra-Violet light reveals no apparent inpainting or retouching.



There is some very mild frame rubbing to the outer edges. One small paint loss above the leftmost chimney. A couple of very discreet lines of faint craquelure are present. There is some surface dirt visible mainly to the areas of impasto.



In our opinion, the work is in overall excellent condition.