Lot 250
  • 250

Raoul Dufy

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Raoul Dufy
  • RÉGATES À PORTMOUTH
  • signed Raoul Dufy and inscribed Souvenir de Portmouth et du Forban II (lower right)
  • gouache on paper
  • 50 by 65cm., 19 5/8 by 25 5/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie Fanny Guillon-Laffaille, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Tokyo, Palais France, Raoul Dufy, 1974, no. 32, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Literature

Fanny Guillon-Laffaille, Raoul Dufy, Catalogue raisonné des aquarelles, gouaches et pastels, Paris, 1982, vol. II, no. 1121, illustrated p. 24

Condition

Executed on white wove paper, laid down on canvas. There are three artist's pinholes in the upper corners and a very minor loss in the upper right corner. Apart from a few very light flattened creases in the lower part of the composition, possibly due to the laying down process, and some light time staining, this work is in good condition. Colours: The paper tone is warmer in the original whilst the yellows are more prominent.
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