Lot 562
  • 562

Raoul Dufy

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Raoul Dufy
  • L’Atlas
  • signed Raoul Dufy (lower centre)
  • watercolour and gouache on paper
  • 50.8 by 65.4cm., 20 by 25 3/4 in.

Provenance

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
Galerie Knoedler, New York
Perls Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner

Literature

Fanny Guillon-Lafaille, Raoul Dufy. Catalogue raisonné des aquarelles, gouaches et pastels, Paris, 1981, vol. I, no. 353, illustrated p. 127

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, and affixed to the mount at the upper two corners. The left, lower and right edges are deckled. There are a few foxing marks in places, mainly to the sky. There are mount stains to the extreme left, lower and right edges. There are two small tears, less than 1cm-long each, one of which has been repaired, located to the centre of the lower edge. There are traces of backing tape and glue to the extreme edges of the verso. There are some slightly discoloured stains, probably from a previous backboard, to the upper right corner. Otherwise, this work is in overall good condition.
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