Live Auction 3737Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper Including Property from the John C. Whitehead Collection
Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)
Lot 1111

Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)

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Closed15 May 2015

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Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)
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signed 'Raoul Dufy' (lower center)
gouache and watercolor over pencil on joined paper laid down on board
19 ½ x 36 ¼ in. (49.6 x 92.1 cm.)
Painted in 1950

Louis Carré Gallery, New York.
Gilbert Miller, New York (by 1951).
Anon. sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 28 June 1972, lot 34.
Private collection, Vermont (acquired at the above sale).
Anon. (by descent from the above); sale, Christie's, New York, 14 November 1996, lot 298.
Peter Findlay Gallery, New York.
Private collection, United States (acquired from the above).
Acquired by the present owner, 1997.

Specialist note

This work is a study for the large-scale backdrop in the collection of The Metropolitan Opera House designed for the 1950-1951 production of L'Invitation au Château (Ring Around the Moon) by playwright Jean Anouilh.