Lot Essay
The inscription on the present work relates to the names of the three horses depicted who belonged to the Kessler family in London.
Chevaux au bois
Details
Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)
Chevaux au bois
with the horses names 'Maybe, Pasteur, Cooku' inscribed (lower right)
watercolour on paper
19½ x 27 3/8in. (49.7 x 69.5cm.)
Chevaux au bois
with the horses names 'Maybe, Pasteur, Cooku' inscribed (lower right)
watercolour on paper
19½ x 27 3/8in. (49.7 x 69.5cm.)
Provenance
Acquired directly from the Artist by Berthe Reysz, Paris.
Galerie Beno, Zurich.
Galerie Beno, Zurich.
Literature
F. Guillon-Laffaille, Raoul Dufy, catalogue raisonné des aquarelles, gouaches et pastels, vol. I, Paris, 1981, no. 868 (illustrated p. 317).