05-15-200905-16-2009
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2459Boston
May 15, 2009 04:00 PMCalender
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Raoul Dufy (French, 1877-1953) Anemones

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$35,550$30,000
Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2459Location: BostonDate / Time: May 15, 2009 4:00PM

Description:

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877-1953)

Anemones, c. 1938
Signed "Raoul Dufy" in pencil l.r.
Gouache on paper, sight size 25 1/2 x 19 in. (64.8 x 48.3 cm),framed.
Condition: Water staining, mended tear, subtle acid burn.

Provenance: Through Caroll Carstairs Gallery, New York; from the collection of Louis Albert McMillen.

N.B. We wish to thank Mme. Fanny Guillon-Laffaille for her assistance with cataloguing the lot. The work will be included in her forthcoming supplement to Catalogue Raisonné des Aquarelles, Gouaches et Pastels de Raoul Dufy, photo-certificate no. A09-1753 accompanies the lot.
Estimate $40,000-60,000

Two mended tears in the background of the u.r. quadrant, the largest is L-shaped and approx. 1 x 1 1/4 in., tape hinged to backing mat, old tape residue to the top margin verso, deckled edges, sheet sizes is 26 x 19 3/4.

Keywords

Raoul Dufy, Fanny Guillon-Laffaille, Through Caroll Carstairs Gallery, Caroll Carstairs Gallery, Louis Albert McMillen, A09