Sale 2340
New York
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21 September 2010
Price realised
USD 40,000
Estimate
Jean Dufy (1888-1964) L'Orchestre signed 'Jean Dufy' (lower right) gouache and watercolor on paper laid down on board 17½ x 22¾ in. (44.5 x 57.8 cm.) Painted circa 1945
Provenance
Wally Findaly Galleries, Palm Beach. Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 5 October 1989, lot 178. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
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