Important Paintings, Sculptures, Watercolours and Drawings
Wednesday, 13 May 1998, 08:00 pm
Lot 62
Raoul Dufy, 1877-1953 (FR)
La Pelouse du paddock
Gouache over watercolor.
H 480 mm W 630 mm.
Signed. (Frame).
| * | CHF | 80'000 / 120'000 |
| * | EUR | 76'000 / 110'000 |
| * | USD | 90'000 / 130'000 |
Hammer Price: CHF 80'000
Provenance:
Palais Galiera, Paris 1960, No. 26 (illustration).
Exhibition:
Bièvres, 1968 - 1969.
Literature:
F. Guillon Lafaille. Catalogue raisonné. Vol. I. Page 306, No. 840.
Raoul Dufy's works, executed after 1920, with the prefered subjets and motifs of racecourses, strand scenes, sailing regattas, are charakterized by cheerful colorfulness and smooth, sketchy sillhouettes.