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La course à Belmont Park
Details
Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)
La course à Belmont Park
signed, dated and inscribed 'Belmont Park 1951 Raoul Dufy' (lower centre)
gouache and watercolour on paper
19 7/8 x 26 in. (50.5 x 66 cm.)
Executed in 1951
La course à Belmont Park
signed, dated and inscribed 'Belmont Park 1951 Raoul Dufy' (lower centre)
gouache and watercolour on paper
19 7/8 x 26 in. (50.5 x 66 cm.)
Executed in 1951
Provenance
Soldiers', Sailors' & Airmen's Club of New York, a gift from the artist in 1951, and by whom auctioned at the Belmont Futurity Ball, Hotel Plaza, New York on 4 October 1951 to help provide for the club's maintenance.
William Woodward, Maryland.
Mr & Mrs Dwight J. Thompson, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Closson's Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1979.
William Woodward, Maryland.
Mr & Mrs Dwight J. Thompson, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Closson's Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1979.
Literature
A. Werner, Raoul Dufy, New York, 1970, p. 45.
F. Guillon-Laffaille, Raoul Dufy, Catalogue raisonné des aquarelles, gouaches, et pastels, vol. I, Paris, 1981, no. 1053 (illustrated p. 383).
F. Guillon-Laffaille, Raoul Dufy, Catalogue raisonné des aquarelles, gouaches, et pastels, vol. I, Paris, 1981, no. 1053 (illustrated p. 383).
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