The Quay, St Tropez

Details

ROGER FRY (1866-1934)
The Quay, St Tropez
signed and dated 'Roger Fry. '15' (lower left)
oil on paper laid on panel
24 ½ x 18 ½ in. (62.3 x 47 cm.)
Painted in 1915.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by Katherine Dreier in 1919.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 6 March 1998, lot 40.
with Jonathan Clark Fine Art, London, 1998.
Private collection.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

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Lot Essay

'Fry spent the summer of 1915 visiting his sister Margery in France, then travelling south to stay with Simon and Dorothy Bussy at their villa, ‘La Souco’ in Roquebrune’ (F. Spalding, Roger Fry: Art and Life, London, 1980, p. 197).

We are very grateful to Richard Shone for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.

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