Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)

Frouzette et son père

Details

Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)
Frouzette et son père
signed and inscribed 'Raoul Dufy à Frouzette' (lower right)
oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 19¾ in. (65 x 50 cm.)
Painted in Durtal, Marne-et-Loire, 1906

Provenance

Alexis Axilette, Durtal (acquired from the artist).
Mme Frouzette Savigner-Axilette, Paris (by descent from the above).
Anon. (by descent from the above); sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 October 2000, lot 22.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature

P. Courthion, Raoul Dufy, Geneva, 1951, p. XI (illustrated, pl. 5; titled Frouzette et son Père, Le Peintre Axilette).
M. Laffaille, Raoul Dufy, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Geneva, 1972, vol. I, p. 202, no. 234 (illustrated).

Exhibited

Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Raoul Dufy, 1953, no. 20 (titled Le Peintre Axilette et sa famille).
London, The Tate Gallery, Raoul Dufy, January-Feburary 1954, no. 8 (titled The Artist Axilette and His Family).
Basel, Kunsthalle, Raoul Dufy, April-June 1954, no. 12 (titled Le Peintre Axilette et sa famille).
Paris, Galerie Boulakia, Raoul Dufy, 40 peintures et aquarelles, June-July 2002.
Paris, Fondation Dina Vierny--Musée Maillol, Raoul Dufy, un autre regard, March-June 2003, p. 58.

Lot Essay

Frouzette et son père was painted during Dufy's trip to Durtal in the Maine-et-Loire region where he stayed at the home of his friend, fellow painter Alexis Axilette, in 1906. The painting is dedicated to Axilette's daughter Frouzette, who is shown at the table beside her mother as Axilette paints them.

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