Raoul Dufy

Executed in 1939.

Perls Galleries, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Asnières, Salon d'Asnières, Hommage à Raoul Dufy, 1960, cat. no. 9, illustrated
New York, Maxwell Davidson Gallery, Raoul Dufy, May - June 1984, p. 8, illustrated 
Paris, Galerie Guillon-Lafaille, Raoul Dufy, May 16 - July 12, 1991, p. 76, cat. no. 28, illustrated

Fanny Guillon-Laffaille, Raoul Dufy, Catalogue raisonné des aquarelles, gouaches et pastels, vol. I, Paris, 1981, p. 378, cat. no. 1038, illustrated

This work is in good condition overall. There are signs of handling and wear along the edges of the sheet. The sheet is affixed to the mat throughout its verso. There are artist's pinholes along the perimeter of the sheet. The sheet is deckled along the left and right edges. There is a 2cm tear along the right edge 18.5 cm from the upper right corner, which is stable and glued down to the mat. Framed under glass.
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