Les jeux de la mer

Details

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

Provenance

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.

Special Notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

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.

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