Lot 221
  • 221

Raoul Dufy

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 GBP
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Description

  • Raoul Dufy
  • L'Orchestre
  • signed Raoul Dufy and dated 1942 (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 46 by 55cm., 14 1/8 by 21 3/8 in.

Provenance

Georges Renand, Paris
Private Collection, Tokyo
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 26th June 1991, lot 139
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Recklinghausen, Städtische Kunsthalle, Variationen, 1966, no. 54, illustrated in the catalogue
Hamburg, Kunstverein & Essen, Museum Folkwang, Raoul Dufy, 1967-68, no. 69, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

Jacques Lassaigne, Le goüt de notre temps, Geneva, 1954, illustrated in colour p. 79
Fanny Guillon-Lafaille, Raoul Dufy, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Paris, 1977, vol. IV, no. 1400, illustrated p. 20

Condition

The canvas is not lined. the is a very thin layer of varnish preventing the UV light examination from fully penetrating, however there appear to be no traces of retouching. There are extremely fine lines of craquelure. The colours are bright and this work is in overall good condition.
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