Lot Essay
Primo Carnera (1906-1967), depicted in the present work, was a professional boxer of Italian origin who became World Heavyweight Champion in 1933.
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Le combat de boxe de Primo Carnera à L'Albert-Hall à Londres
Details
Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)
Le combat de boxe de Primo Carnera à L'Albert-Hall à Londres
signed 'Raoul Dufy' (lower center)
gouache, watercolor and pen and ink on paper
19 7/8 x 25 7/8 in. (50.6 x 65.8 cm.)
Executed in 1930
Le combat de boxe de Primo Carnera à L'Albert-Hall à Londres
signed 'Raoul Dufy' (lower center)
gouache, watercolor and pen and ink on paper
19 7/8 x 25 7/8 in. (50.6 x 65.8 cm.)
Executed in 1930
Provenance
Anon. sale, Palais Gallièra, Paris, 4 April 1974, lot 14.
Anon. sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 28 February 1977, lot 42.
Arcature Fine Art, Palm Beach.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, March 2006.
Anon. sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 28 February 1977, lot 42.
Arcature Fine Art, Palm Beach.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, March 2006.
Literature
F. Guillon-Laffaille, Raoul Dufy, Catalogue raisonné des aquarelles, gouaches, et pastels, Paris, 1982, vol. II, p. 234, no. 1711 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Bièvres, Moulin de Vauboyen, Raoul Dufy, 1968-1969, no. 35.
London, Wildenstein & Co., Ltd., Raoul Dufy 1877-1953, 1975, no. 39.
London, Wildenstein & Co., Ltd., Raoul Dufy 1877-1953, 1975, no. 39.