Lot 358
  • 358

Raoul Dufy

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
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Description

  • Raoul Dufy
  • Amphitrite
  • Signed Raoul Dufy and inscribed à Madame Helena Rubinstein (lower right); titled and dated 39- (on the verso)
  • Gouache and watercolor on paper laid down on card
  • 26 1/8 by 20 1/2 in.
  • 66.3 by 52.1 cm

Provenance

Helena Rubinstein, New York  & Paris (acquired directly from the artist)

Condition

Executed on cream colored laid paper laid down on card. There is a two inch hairline surface abrasion at top of mast near center of left edge. Tiny soft crease at extreme upper left corner and tiny pindot loss to extreme edge of sheet at left side of top edge. Colors are extremely bright and fresh and sheet is clean and well preserved. Work is in very good condition.
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