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Lot 473
  • 473

Raoul Dufy

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Raoul Dufy
  • Nu debout
  • signed Raoul Dufy, dated 39 (lower right) and dedicated A Thérèse Bonney (along lower edge); dated indistinctly 12 juin 39 on the reverse
  • oil on panel
  • 38.5 by 21cm., 15 1/8 by 8 1/4 in.

Provenance

Thérèse Bonney, Paris (a gift from the artist)
Berkeley Art Museum, California (bequeathed by the above in 1984)
Sale: Christie's, New York, 16th May 1990, lot 402
Sale: Christie's, New York, 14th November 1996, lot 208
Sale: Christie's, New York, 9th November 2006, lot 471
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Literature

Maurice Laffaille, Raoul Dufy, Catalogue Raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Geneva, 1976, vol. III, no. 1135, illustrated p. 170

Condition

The panel is sound. There is a tiny spot of retouching to the left of her head in the blue background. Otherwise, this work is in overall good condition.
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