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RAOUL DUFY (1877-1953)
Le bel Eté
with signature and date in the weave lower left Raoul Dufy 1941, with monogram of Tabard Frères & Soeurs in the weave bottom right-- Aubusson hand-woven wool tapestry
99 x 171 in. (251 x 433 cm.)
Executed in 1941 in an edition of five
Le bel Eté
with signature and date in the weave lower left Raoul Dufy 1941, with monogram of Tabard Frères & Soeurs in the weave bottom right-- Aubusson hand-woven wool tapestry
99 x 171 in. (251 x 433 cm.)
Executed in 1941 in an edition of five
Provenance
Galerie Katia Granoff, Paris (acquired by the present owner circa 1978)
Literature
Formes et Couleurs, no. 5-6, Lausanne 1942 (another tapestry from this edition illustrated in color)
Le Point, Souillac, 1946
Aubusson et la Renaissance de la Tapisserie française, p. 29
France-Illustration, March 26, 1946 (another tapestry from this edition illustrated in color)
R. Cogniat, Raoul Dufy, Paris, 1950, pl. 55 (another tapestry illustrated)
R. Cogniat, Dufy Dècorateur, Paris, 1957, pp. 31, 33
F. Guillon-Laffaille, Raoul Dufy, Catalogue raisonné des aquarelles, gouaches et pastels, Paris, 1982, vol. II, no. 1967 (cf. illustration of gouache study, p. 33)
D. Perez-Tibi, Dufy, Paris, 1989, no. 273 (another tapestry illustrated in color, pp. 214-215)
Le Point, Souillac, 1946
Aubusson et la Renaissance de la Tapisserie française, p. 29
France-Illustration, March 26, 1946 (another tapestry from this edition illustrated in color)
R. Cogniat, Raoul Dufy, Paris, 1950, pl. 55 (another tapestry illustrated)
R. Cogniat, Dufy Dècorateur, Paris, 1957, pp. 31, 33
F. Guillon-Laffaille, Raoul Dufy, Catalogue raisonné des aquarelles, gouaches et pastels, Paris, 1982, vol. II, no. 1967 (cf. illustration of gouache study, p. 33)
D. Perez-Tibi, Dufy, Paris, 1989, no. 273 (another tapestry illustrated in color, pp. 214-215)