RAOUL DUFY (1877-1953)
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ID 1507883
Lot 169 | RAOUL DUFY (1877-1953)
Estimate value
30000USD $ 30 000 – 50 000
Vénus recréée par la musique
signed with initials, dated and inscribed 'Le Prado Aout 1949 RD' (lower left)
gouache and watercolor on paper
19 ¾ x 25 7/8 in. (50.2 x 65.5 cm.)
Painted in August 1949
Provenance
E.J. van Wisselingh & Co., Amsterdam.
Private collection, Nice (by 1954).
Anon. sale, Hôtel des Ventes, Marseille, 17 May 1958, lot 21.
Henri Gaffie, Paris.
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 26 May 1976, lot 271.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Literature
F. Guillon-Laffaille, Raoul Dufy: Catalogue raisonné des aquarelles, gouaches et pastels, Paris, 1982, vol. II, p. 338, no. 1981 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Nice, Galerie des Ponchettes, Hommage à Raoul Dufy, March 1954, no. 22.
Marseille, Musée Cantini, Hommage à Raoul Dufy, December 1954, no. 18.
| Artist: | Raoul Dufy (1877 - 1953) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Raoul Dufy (1877 - 1953) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
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