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Raoul Dufy
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description
- Raoul Dufy
- Le port de New York
- signed Raoul Dufy, dated New York 1937 and inscribed pour Mitsou souvenir (lower centre)
- watercolour on paper
- 27.2 by 34cm., 10 5/8 by 13 1/4 in.
Provenance
Hammer Galleries, New York
Private Collection, United States (sale: Sotheby's, New York, 18th January 1980, lot 50)
Private Collection, New York (sale: Sotheby's, New York, 18th February 1988, lot 106)
Private Collection (purchased at the above sale)
Sale: Bukowskis, Stockholm, 25th October 2011, lot 181
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Private Collection, United States (sale: Sotheby's, New York, 18th January 1980, lot 50)
Private Collection, New York (sale: Sotheby's, New York, 18th February 1988, lot 106)
Private Collection (purchased at the above sale)
Sale: Bukowskis, Stockholm, 25th October 2011, lot 181
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Hammer Galleries, Drawings from the Hammer Collection, 1970, no. 15, illustrated in the catalogue
Literature
Fanny Guillon-Lafaille, Raoul Dufy, Catalogue raisonné des aquarelles, gouaches et pastels, Paris, 1981, vol. I, no. 763, illustrated p. 279
Condition
Executed on cream wove paper, laid down and tapped to all four corners to the mount. The sheet is time stained from previous mounting. There is a vertical crease down the centre of the sheet. There are some scattered tiny spots of foxing along the lower edge and some further fainter spots to the upper and lower right corners. There is some paper residue to the lower right corner. Otherwise this work is in good condition.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."