Lot 41
  • 41

Jean Dufy

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean Dufy
  • Honfleur
  • Signed Jean Dufy (lower right)
  • Gouache and watercolor on paper
  • 13 1/2 by 26 1/2 in.; 34.3 by 67.3 cm
  • Executed in 1947.

Provenance

Georges de Braux Inc., Philadelphia
Private Collection, Philadelphia (acquired from the above in December 1947)
By descent from the above to the present owner circa 1990

Exhibited

Philadelphia, Georges de Braux Inc., Jean Dufy, 1947-48, no. 5

Condition

Gouache on paper. Surface in good condition, colors are lively and fresh. Recto: Minor surface stains, lower right quadrant. A few very minor spots of pigment loss. Verso: Paper tape at edges, light foxing and mat staining.
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