Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)
Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)

Fenêtre ouverte sur Paris et composition florale

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Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)
Fenêtre ouverte sur Paris et composition florale
stamped with signature 'Raoul Dufy' (lower left)
oil and peinture à l'essence on canvas, squared for transfer
42 ½ x 55 ½ in. (108 x 141.1 cm.)
Painted circa 1924
Provenance
Bianchini-Férier, Paris (acquired from the artist).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 4 May 2005, lot 355.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
Edinburgh, Victoria and Albert Museum, Fashion, 1900-1939, 1975, no. 13 (with incorrect support).

Lot Essay

Fanny Guillon-Laffaille will include this work in the forthcoming supplement to her Raoul Dufy catalogue raisonné.

The silk weaving house of Bianchini-Férier was founded in Lyon in 1888. In 1912, Dufy signed a contract with them and went on to produce roughly 4,000 designs for Bianchini-Férier between 1912 and 1928. After his contract came to an end, Bianchini-Férier continued to make fabrics for important fashion houses such as Worth, Madeleine Vionnet, Jeanne Lanvin Paquin and Patou. They produced scarves for Hermès, Jacques Fath and others, and created imaginative designs for Givenchy, Balenciaga, Chanel, Dior, and Yves Saint-Laurent, to name a few.

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