Lot 168
  • 168

Raoul Dufy

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description

  • Raoul Dufy
  • Bouquet de tulipes et anĂ©mones
  • signed Raoul Dufy (towards lower left)
  • gouache and watercolour on paper
  • 50.4 by 65.5cm., 19 3/4 by 25 3/4 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, Switzerland
Thence by descent to the present owner

Literature

Fanny Guillon-Laffaille, Raoul Dufy, Catalogue raisonné des aquarelles, gouaches et pastels, Paris, 1982, vol. II, no. 1334, illustrated p. 101

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and hinged to the mount at the upper two corners. The left and right edges are deckled. The sheet is time stained with some gentle undulation to the left and right edges, and there are humidity marks in places away from the composition which could be improved. A thin line of pigment loss is visible on the central tulip and there are tiny flecks of pigment loss to the upper central flower. This work is in overall good condition.
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