Kees VAN DONGEN Josephine Baker - circa 1925 Gouache, watercolour, ink and black pencil on paper Signed lower right "van Dongen". H: 65.2 cm, W: 47.2 cm Provenance : London sale, Sotheby's, 25 June 1996, lot 405 (Marcel Baloche, Paris) Ronny Van de Velde Gallery, Antwerp André van Breusegem Collection, Belgium To the present owners by descent Exhibitions : Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Flemish and Dutch painting: from Van Gogh, Ensor, Magritte, and Mondrian to contemporary artists, March-July 1997, n°54, reproduced in colour p.162 Antwerp, Galerie Ronny Van de Velde, A selection of 19th and 20th century - Paintings - drawings - watercolours, 1997, reproduced in colour p.49 Saint Louis, Sheldon Art Galleries, Washington, National Portrait Gallery, Josephine Baker: image and icon, April 2006 - April 2007 Travelling exhibition, Rovereto, Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Paris, Musée du Quai Branly, Barcelona, Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona, Le Siècle du Jazz, art, cinéma, musique et photographie de Picasso à Basquiat, November 2008 - October 2009, reproduced in colour p.58 Stuttgart, Kunstmuseum, I got Rhythm - Kunst und Jazz seit 1920, October 2015 - March 2016, reproduced in colour p.87 Laren, Museum Singer Laren, Kees Van Dongen, De Weg naar succes, January-May 2023, n°104, reproduced in colour p.164 Paris, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Petit Palais, Le Paris des Modernes 1905 - 1925, November 2023 - April 2024, n°313, reproduced in colour p.300 Bibliography : West End, Saint Louis, 26 April - 2 May, reproduced p.14 Limelight, Saint Louis, May 2006, reproduced p.8 D. Hoekstra, Gallery celebrates singer Josephine Baker, www.suntimes.com, 30 July 2006, reproduced at P. Vergereau, Le jazz et ses échos dans l'art, www.ouest-france.fr, reproduced in colour Connaissance des Arts, special issue, "Le Paris de la Modernité", Petit Palais, Paris, 2023, reproduced in colour p.15 The 25 most eagerly awaited exhibitions from September to November 2023, www.telerama.fr, reproduced in colour Le Figaro, Tuesday 12 December 2023, n°24667, Le Figaro et vous, Cahier n°3, reproduced in colour on the cover A notice of inclusion by Mr Jacques Chalom des Cordes for the Wildenstein Institute will be given to the buyer. h : 65.2 cm, w : 47.2 cm Kees VAN DONGEN H : 65.2 cm, W : 47.2 cm h : 65.2 cm, w : 47.2 cm Gouache, watercolor, ink and black crayon on paper ; signed lower right; 25 5/8 x 18 5/8 in.