Lot 225
  • 225

Raoul Dufy

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Raoul Dufy
  • Étude pour le jardin public à Hyères, circa 1913
  • pencil on paper
  • Stamped ATELIER RAOUL DUFY lower right
  • 65,1 x 51,1 cm; 25 5/8 x 20 1/8 in.

Provenance


 

Condition

Executed on cream laid paper, not laid down, taped to the overmount at the all four corners and at the centre of the upper edge. There are some adhesive remnants to the lower edge. The extremes edges are deckled. There is a small paper loss with associated small tear (approx. 2cm long) to the upper left corner. There is a small tear (approx. 1.5 cm) to the centre of the left edge and a small tear (approx. 1cm long) to the centre of the right edge. There are a few additional tiny tears along the left edge. The sheet is light-stained. There are a few scattered tiny dots of black pigment possibly original. There are some dots of foxing in places, predominately along the extreme edges. This work is in fairly good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Fanny Guillon-Laffaille has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work which will be included in her forthcoming supplement to the catalogue raisonné of Watercolors, Gouaches and Pastels currently in preparation.