Lot Essay
Fanny Guillon-Laffaille has confirmed the authenticity of Régate à Cowes.
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Property formerly from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Freddy and Regina T. Homburger
Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)
Paysage de Provence and Régate à Cowes
Details
Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)
Paysage de Provence and Régate à Cowes
The first: signed 'Raoul Dufy' (lower right); the second: signed 'Raoul Dufy' (lower right) and inscribed 'Cowes' (lower left)
The first: pen and India ink on paper; the second: pen and ink on buff paper
The first: 15¾ x 20½ in. (40 x 52 cm.); the second: 13 7/8 x 21½ in. (35.2 x 54.5 cm.)
The first: Drawn circa 1927; the second: Drawn circa 1929 (2)
Paysage de Provence and Régate à Cowes
The first: signed 'Raoul Dufy' (lower right); the second: signed 'Raoul Dufy' (lower right) and inscribed 'Cowes' (lower left)
The first: pen and India ink on paper; the second: pen and ink on buff paper
The first: 15¾ x 20½ in. (40 x 52 cm.); the second: 13 7/8 x 21½ in. (35.2 x 54.5 cm.)
The first: Drawn circa 1927; the second: Drawn circa 1929 (2)
Literature
F. Guillon-Laffaille, Raoul Dufy, Catalogue raisonné des dessins, Paris, 1991, vol. I, p. 59, no. 108 (Paysage de Provence illustrated).
Exhibited
Orono, University of Maine Art Museum, The Freddy and Regina T. Homburger Collection, 1962, no. II and 9 (as Provence Landscape and Regatta at Cowes respectively).
Northampton, Smith College Museum of Art, The Freddy and Regina T. Homburger Collection, 1964, no. 21 and 24 (as Provenance Landscape and Regatta at Cowes respectively).
Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum, Selections from the Collection of Freddy and Regina T. Homburger: A Loan Exhibition, April 1971, no. 30 and 32 (as Provence Landscape and Regatta at Cowes respectively). Sarasota, Florida, Ringling Museum of Art, 1978-1979, no. 20. (Paysage de Provence).
Northampton, Smith College Museum of Art, The Freddy and Regina T. Homburger Collection, 1964, no. 21 and 24 (as Provenance Landscape and Regatta at Cowes respectively).
Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum, Selections from the Collection of Freddy and Regina T. Homburger: A Loan Exhibition, April 1971, no. 30 and 32 (as Provence Landscape and Regatta at Cowes respectively). Sarasota, Florida, Ringling Museum of Art, 1978-1979, no. 20. (Paysage de Provence).
Sale room notice
These two drawings are from the collection of Dr. and Mrs. Freddy and Regina T. Homburger. Fanny Guillon-Laffaille has confirmed the authenticity of Régates à Cowes.