Lot 154
  • 154

Raoul Dufy

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Raoul Dufy
  • Haras du Pin
  • signed Raoul Dufy (towards lower centre)
  • gouache, watercolour and pencil on paper
  • 50.2 by 65.5cm., 19 3/4 by 25 3/4 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, France (possibly acquired directly from the artist)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, affixed to the upper edge of the mount at both upper corners and the centre of the upper edge, and floating in the mount. The edges are unevenly cut. There is some slight abrasion in places along the extreme edges. The sheet is gently undulating and is slightly time stained. Otherwise this work is in very good overall condition.
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