Lot 488
  • 488

RAOUL DUFY | Château Azay-le-Rideau

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Raoul Dufy
  • Château Azay-le-Rideau
  • Signed Raoul Dufy and dated Azay le Rideau 1937 (toward lower left)
  • Gouache and watercolor on paper
  • 19 3/4 by 25 1/2 in.
  • 50 by 64.8 cm
  • Executed in Azay-le-Rideau in 1937.

Provenance

Bignou Gallery, New York
Georges & Alice Lurcy, New York & High Point, North Carolina (acquired from the above on October 28, 1940)
Thence by descent

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper. The sheet is T hinged to a mount at two places along the upper edge of its verso. The right and left edges of the sheet are deckled. There is a minor nick on the upper edge toward the left edge. There are some scattered spots of possible foxing throughout the sheet. There is a faint mat stain along the perimeter of the sheet. Otherwise, fine. The work is in very 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.