Lot 410
  • 410

Raoul Dufy

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Raoul Dufy
  • Baigneuse aux cabines
  • signed Raoul Dufy  (lower centre)
  • oil on board
  • 51 by 40.8cm., 20 by 15 7/8 in.

Provenance

Collection André Derain (sale: Galerie Charpentier, Paris, Collection André Derain, 22nd March 1955, lot 73)
Acquired by the family of the present owner by 1977

Literature

Connaissance des Arts, Paris, January 1961, illustrated p. 47
Maurice Lafaille, Raoul Dufy, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Geneva, 1977,  vol. IV, no. 1542, illustrated p. 114

Condition

The board is stable and UV light examination reveals no evidence of retouching. The work is in very good original condition. Colours: overall fairly accurate in the printed catalogue.
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