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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE PARISIAN COLLECTOR
RAOUL DUFY (1877-1953)
La place Arago
Details
RAOUL DUFY (1877-1953)
La place Arago
signed ‘Raoul Dufy’ (lower right)
gouache and watercolour on paper
19 ¼ x 25 5⁄8 in. (48.7 x 65.2 cm.)
Executed in 1947
La place Arago
signed ‘Raoul Dufy’ (lower right)
gouache and watercolour on paper
19 ¼ x 25 5⁄8 in. (48.7 x 65.2 cm.)
Executed in 1947
Provenance
Galerie Louis Carré & Cie., Paris.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, 2 July 1980, lot 358.
Herman C. Goldsmith, New York.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired from the above in 1982, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, London, 5 February 2008, lot 533.
Galerie Dominique Hurtebize, Cannes.
Private collection, France, by whom acquired from the above in 2009, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, Paris, 11-24 October 2023, lot 721.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, 2 July 1980, lot 358.
Herman C. Goldsmith, New York.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired from the above in 1982, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, London, 5 February 2008, lot 533.
Galerie Dominique Hurtebize, Cannes.
Private collection, France, by whom acquired from the above in 2009, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, Paris, 11-24 October 2023, lot 721.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
F. Guillon-Laffaille, Raoul Dufy, Catalogue raisonné des aquarelles, gouaches et pastels, vol. I, Paris, 1981, no. 444, p. 161 (illustrated; with incorrect medium).
Further details
Fanny Guillon-Laffaille will include this work in the forthcoming supplement to her Raoul Dufy catalogue raisonné.
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