Lot 44
  • 44

Raoul Dufy

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Raoul Dufy
  • Promenade au bois
  • Signed Raoul Dufy (lower right)
  • Watercolor and goauche over charcoal on paper
  • 20 1/4 by 25 3/4 in.
  • 51.5 by 65.5 cm.
  • Executed in 1913.

Literature

Fanny Guillon-Laffaille, Raoul Dufy, Catalogue raisonné des aquarelles, gouaches et pastels, vol. I, Paris, 1981, no. 74, illustrated p. 26

Condition

On cream wove paper. The sheet is hinged multiple times along all four edges. The top edge has been cut, though the other three edges are slightly deckled. The upper left corner has been torn and repaired, though this is barely visible in the current matting. There is some toning and very minor fading. In overall good condition. Framed behind glass.
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