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Lot 78
  • 78

Raoul Dufy

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • Raoul Dufy
  • Helena Rubinstein in a Sailor Dress
  • Signed Raoul Dufy (lower right)
  • Gouache on paper
  • 25 3/4 by 18 1/8 in.
  • 65.4 by 47.9 cm.
  • Executed circa 1935.

Provenance

Helena Rubinstein, New York & Paris (acquired directly from the artist)

Exhibited

New York, 1976, n.n.
Paris, 1977, no. 3
London, 1977, no. 6, illustrated in the catalogue
Milan, 1978, no. 9, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

Fanny Guillon-Laffaille, Raoul Dufy, Catalogue raisonné des aquarelles, gouaches et pastels, vol. II, Paris, 1982, no. 1759, illustrated p. 253

Condition

The sheet has deckled left and lower edges and unevenly trimmed right and top edges. The sheet is discolored overall with spots of light staining. The paint surface is in generally good condition aside from a small stain in the red bow at the sitter's neck.
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