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\n\tAn eBay seller claimed to have Jeffrey Epstein\u2018s reproduction of a painting by Kees van Dongen, a Dutch painter who became a part of the Fauvist movement in France during the early 20th century.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe work in question, it should be noted, was not a bona fide van Dongen. It was a print based on a ca. 1905 painting called Femme Fatale<\/em>, which sold at Christie\u2019s in 2004 for $5.94 million.<\/p>\n \n\tAt the time, Christie\u2019s touted the work for demonstrating \u201cin uncompromising fashion the artist\u2019s penchant for exploiting shock value, here taken to an unprecedented extreme.\u201d The painting depicts a green-faced woman with one breast spilling out from her shirt.<\/p>\n \n\tEpstein owned a gicl\u00e9e print of the van Dongen painting and hung it above his desk in his Upper East Side townhouse. And while this may not be a true van Dongen, Epstein appears to have held a fascination with the artist. A set of files related to the convicted sex offender by the Justice Department earlier this year include a document related to a Sotheby\u2019s auction of a van Dongen painting as well as a CD that was cryptically labeled \u201cKees van Dongen\u201d with a marker.<\/p>\n \n\tThe New York Post<\/em> first reported on the eBay listing, which has since been removed. A screenshot included within the article noted that the print was being sold by a user named montanawildhack and that its title noted that the work was \u201cDocumented by Federal Prosecutors.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cYou already know why you\u2019re here,\u201d the eBay listing reportedly read prior to its deletion. \u201cThis is the giclee reproduction of Kees Van Dongen\u2019s Femme Fatale that hung above Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s desk at his Manhattan mansion. Not a rumor. Federal investigators photographed it. The NY Post wrote about it. Artnet covered it. Google it right now.\u201d (Indeed, both the Post<\/em> and Artnet News<\/em> previously reported on this.)<\/p>\n \n\tIt\u2019s not the first time the print has headed to sale. Last year, Millea Bros. Auctioneers, a New Jersey auction house, put the work up for sale with a price tag of just $275.<\/p>\n \n\tOn eBay, however, the seller was attempting to gain $50,000. When the Post<\/em> reported on the listing, bidding had already reached $25,000.<\/p>\n \n\tAs to the listing\u2019s deletion, eBay told the Post<\/em>: \u201cUpon review, the listing was found to be in violation of eBay\u2019s policies and has been removed.\u201d It isn\u2019t clear, however, which rules the listing violated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/jeffrey-epstein-kees-van-dongen-print-ebay-listing-1234784664\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GettyImages-589141200.jpg?w=1024″] An eBay seller claimed to have Jeffrey Epstein\u2018s reproduction of a painting by Kees van Dongen, a Dutch painter who became a part of the Fauvist movement in France during the early 20th century. The work in question, it should be noted, was not a bona fide van Dongen. It was a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,226],"class_list":["post-1926150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-artnews-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1926150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1926150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1926150\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1926150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1926150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1926150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}