Lot 253
  • 253

Raoul Dufy

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Raoul Dufy
  • ASCOT
  • stamped Raoul Dufy (lower right)

  • pen and ink on paper
  • 30.3 by 61.5cm., 11 5/8 by 24 1/4 in.

Provenance

Berte Reysz, Paris
Private Collection, Paris (acquired from the above)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Fanny Guillon-Laffaille, Raoul Dufy, Dessins, 1987, no. 15
London, Opera Gallery, Raoul Dufy, 2005, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

Fanny Guillon-Lafaille, Dufy, Catalogue raisonné des dessins, Paris, 1991, vol. I, no. 439, illustrated p. 180

Condition

Executed on white laid paper, not laid down, attached the overmount along the top edge and to the lower right and left edges. There is a 2cm. sq. area of paper infill to the centre left of the upper edge. Apart from some slight discolouration towards the centre of the sheet, this work is in good condition. Colours: The paper tone is lighter in the original.
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