Le violon

Details

Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)
Le violon
ink, watercolour and gouache on paper (music sheet)
16.5 x 27 cm.
Executed circa 1952.

Provenance

Forum Fine Art, Zürich (dated circa 1952).
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 5 July 1979, lot 549.

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Lot Essay

During the 1940s and early 1950s Dufy painted a series of orchestral concerts and hommages to his favourite composers Bach, Mozart, Chopin and Debussy. The tribute to the composer consisted of a musical instrument, usually a violin or piano, set out on a table, surmounted by a piece of sheet music.

This work is sold with a photo-certificate from Fanny Guillon-Laffaille. It will be included in the forthcoming supplement to the Catalogue Raisonné des Aquarelles, Gouaches et Pastels de Raoul Dufy currently in preparation.

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