KEES VAN DONGEN (DUTCH-FRENCH 1877-1968) Bouquet de fleurs, oil on board 30.8 x 27.3 cm (12 1/8 x 10 3/4 in.) signed lower left Provenance Christie's, New York, November 4, 1981, lot 171 Acquired at the above by a Paris-based collector Thence by descent Christie's, Paris, May 20, 2009, lot 50 Acquired at the above by the present owner LOT NOTES Accompanied a signed letter from Jacques Chalom des Cordes of the Wildenstein Institute, dated March 12, 2009, confirming the inclusion of the painting in the forthcoming Kees van Dongen catalogue raisonne . Start Price : 40000