This Piece Has Been Sold Montmartre
1900 - Original Color Lithograph by Kees Van Dongen
Original Artist's Proof lithograph printed in colors on wove paper. Lifetime impression. Signed
in pen using the artist's signature lower center-right. Numbered 29 of 30 using roman numerals in pen
lower left.
Original color lithograph by Kees Van Dongen pulled in 1963. Titled "Montmartre 1900", this work evokes the
famous belle epoque era of Paris at the turn of the previous century. In this image, a couple is seated at an outdoor
cafe in the Montmartre district of Paris, with a waiter attending to them. A second couple with their back to the viewer gazes
at the moon. The clear outline of the Sacre Coeur church in the background positively identifies the location
being shown.
Edition size was 100 copies from the regular edition in Arabic numbers and 30 copies from the artist's proof edition
using Roman numerals. This is number XXIX of XXX from the artist's proof series. Documented in Kees Van Dongen: The Graphic Prints,
by Jan Juffermans, 2003, p. 75.
- Title: Montmartre 1900
- Artist:
Kees Van Dongen
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Year of publication: 1960
- Numbered: 29 of 30 from artists
proof series (a regular edition of 100 was also printed)
- Image size:
10-3/4 inches H x 8-5/8 inches W (27.3 cm x 22 cm)
- Sheet size:
16-1/2 H inches x 12-1/5 inches W (42 cm x 32 cm)
- Reference:
Juffermanns, JL38
Framed in gold antiqued frame, and
finished in black and white double matting. Covered with UV-resistant acrylic cover. Framed size is 25.25
inches H x 21.25 inches W (64.1 cm x 54 cm).