Kees Van Dongen would like to draw Ida Rubinstein

Kees Van Dongen would like to draw Ida Rubinstein

Document type : signed autograph letter

Number of documents: 1 - Number of pages: 1/2 p. - Size: In-4

Place :  Paris

Date : December 8, 1925

RECIPIENT : Saint-Georges de Bouhelier (1876-1947)

State : Center pleats

Kees Van Dongen enthusiastically agrees to illustrate a work by Saint-Georges de Bouhélier, if the iconic Ida Rubinstein (1885-1960) agrees to pose for him.

“[…] For me it would be a joy to illustrate your mystery and to have Ida Rubinstein as a model. But I don't know if this great lady would agree to be drawn by me because she never responded to various invitations from me and I would like to be certain on this point before talking to my editor who is a young and enterprising man. So I expect a word from you. You know that I am completely devoted and that on my side there is no difficulty in overcoming […]”.

In 1909, Serge Diaghilev hired Ida Rubinstein in the Ballets Russes where she played the role of Cleopatra. It was a triumph. This interpretation inspired him to Souvenir of the Russian Opera season to Kees Van Dongen.

Wolfgang Beltracchi, the infamous forger, took advantage of this general interest and much later produced a portrait of Ida Rubinstein in the style of Van Dongen.

Black ink on watermarked paper. Header printed in relief at the address: "5, rue Juliette Lamber. XVII, etc.
Kees Van Dongen (Delfshaven, 1877/1968)
Portrait painter, one of the great representatives of Fauvism.
 
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“[…] For me it would be a joy to illustrate your mystery and to have Ida Rubinstein as a model. But I don't know if this great lady would agree to be drawn by me because she never responded to various invitations from me and I would like to be certain on this point before talking to my editor who is a young and enterprising man. So I expect a word from you. You know that I am completely devoted and that on my side there is no difficulty in overcoming […]”. In 1909, Serge Diaghilev hired Ida Rubinstein in the Ballets Russes where she played the role of Cleopatra. It was a triumph. This interpretation inspired him to Souvenir of the Russian Opera season to Kees Van Dongen. Wolfgang Beltracchi, the infamous forger, took advantage of this general interest and much later produced a portrait of