Details
Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)
L'ensemble, le petit orchestre
signed 'Raoul Dufy' (lower centre)
oil on panel
24 x 55.5 cm.
Painted circa 1945-1948
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by Mr. and Mrs. William Goetz, Berverly Hills, their sale, Sotheby's New York, 14 October 1970, lot 8.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's New York, 13 November 1997, lot 505.
Exhibited
San Francisco, Museum of Art/Los Angeles, County Museum, Dufy Memorial Exhibition, 11 May - 14 July 1954, no. 67 (illustrated).
San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, The collection of Mr. and Mrs. Goetz, 18 April - 31 May 1959, no. 21 (illustrated).
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.