Live Auction 1104Impressionist/Modern Works on Paper
Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)
Lot 300 THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR

Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)

Les jeux de la mer

Closed7 February 2013

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GBP 55,250

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Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)
Les jeux de la mer
signed twice, dated and inscribed 'à Jean Floury, Raoul Dufy 1931' (lower centre)
gouache and brush and India ink on paper
14 7/8 x 20 7/8 in. (37.9 x 53 cm.)
Executed circa 1928-30

Jean Floury, a gift from the artist in 1931.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 19 November 1986, lot 134.
Dennis Hotz Fine Art, Johannesburg.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

This work is sold with a photo-certificate from Fanny Guillon-Laffaille. It will be included in her forthcoming supplement to the Dufy Catalogue raisonné des aquarelles, gouaches et pastels currently in preparation.


This work relates to the the book by Berr de Turique, Raoul Dufy, Paris, 1930. The dedication is to the son of the publisher, Henri Floury.