Live Auction 16721The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: Fine Art, Day Sale
Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)
Lot 536 The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller

Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)

Paddock à Ascot

Closed10 May 2018

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USD 175,000

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Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)
Paddock à Ascot
signed and inscribed 'Raoul Dufy Ascot' (lower right)
gouache and watercolor on paper
19 7/8 x 25 7/8 in. (50.4 x 65.9 cm.)

Galerie Kaethe Perls, Paris (acquired from the artist).
Perls Galleries, New York (acquired from the above, 1937).
Mary Lewis, New York (acquired from the above, October 1937).
Perls Galleries, New York (acquired from the above, March 1950).
Acquired from the above by the late owners, June 1950.

Specialist note

"In 1950, on the recommendation of Alfred Barr, I visited the Perls Galleries to look for paintings by contemporary Latin American artists. While I was there, I happened to see this Dufy painting of Ascot. I asked Peggy to look at it, and we decided to buy it...Today, it hangs in our bedroom at Ringing Point." —David Rockefeller