Lot 243
  • 243

Raoul Dufy

Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Raoul Dufy
  • Chevaux et turfistes à Epsom
  • Signed Raoul Dufy (lower right)
  • Watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper
  • 19 1/2 by 25 7/8 in.
  • 49.5 by 65.7 cm

Provenance

Galerie Robert Schmit, Paris 
Alex Maguy, Galerie de l'Élysée, Paris
Acquired from the above on October 10, 1962

Literature

Fanny Guillon-Laffaille, Raoul Dufy, Catalogue raisonné des aquarelles, gouaches et pastels, vol. I, Paris, 1981, no. 998, illustrated p. 364

Condition

Executed on paper laid down on card. Top, right and bottom edges of the sheet are deckled, left edge is cut. Watermark is visible along the right edge. There is a mat stain around the extreme perimeter and remnant of a prior mounting at extreme top edge at center. Sheet is slightly time darkened overall. This work is in good condition.
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