Description:
Raoul Dufy (French, 1877-1953)
Le Quintette
Inscribed "No. 8/fragment/non réduit" l.c., identified and dated "c. 1941" on a label from JPL Fine Art, London, affixed to the frame backing.
Pencil on tissue paper, 9 7/8 x 13 3/8 in. (25.0 x 34.0 cm),framed.
Condition: Hinged at upper and lower corners to back mat, tears at upper corners at hinges, pale stains l.r. and u.l., handling creases, minor toning, nicks and wear to edges of sheet.
Provenance: The estate of Elaine Sargent.
Literature: Fanny Guillon-Laffaille, Raoul Dufy. catalogue raisonné des dessins, Volume I (Paris: Marval, Galerie Fanny Guillon-Laffaille, 1991),cat. no. 665, illustrated p. 268.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
Diagonnal tear at u.l. corner measuring 3/4 inch. Horitzontal tear at u.r. corner measuing 7/8 inch. The drawing remains tenuously connected to the upper hinges.
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