PRINTPROVENANCE:
Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei
Acquired from the above by the present owner (1990s)
Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei
Acquired from the above by the present owner (1990s)
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La Seine à Paris
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from 1930 Gouache on paper 50 x 65 cm Signed lower right Raoul Dufy in French |
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Estimate
650,000 - 950,000 2,731,000 - 3,992,000 83,800 - 122,400
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Catalogue Note:
LA SEINE À PARIS
RAOUL DUFY
La Seine à Paris testifies to the exquisiteness of Raoul Dufy’s delicate, script-like brushstrokes and muted palettes display the influence of Impressionist artists such as Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro. Beginning from the 1920s and onwards, Dufy frequently visited Venice, Nice and le Midi and painted regattas and landscapes in brilliant colors with calligraphic brushwork aligned to the present lot. In particular, it features the sparkling views of the French Provence of a classic reclining nude with her left elbow resting gracefully on a vessel against a series of skeletal structures and tower in the background. It is interesting to note that Dufy’s skeletal structures are arranged with foreshortened perspective and the quick application of thin washes of color in tones. In this regard, the bright cool tones of green contrasts with the warmth of the red on the body of the reclining figure resulting in a balanced composition.
It is apparent that the decorative and illustrative nature of the artist’s work followed several traditions of Modernism, coupled with the profound influence that Henri Matisse had on the artist when Dufy first saw Henri Matisse’s Luxe Calme et Volupte at the Salon des Indépendants in 1905 became a revelation that directed the young artist towards Fauvism. Dufy’s later work that embraced a boldness of colors and lines derived elements from his explorations on Fauvism and Cubism. In retrospect, Dufy was a native of Le Havre, France and enrolled in the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and studied for four years under Bonnat on scholarship. The artist often painted near the vicinity of Le Havre, and, in particular, on the beach at Sainte Adresse.
In 1911, he established a small factory and designed and printed fabrics for the couturier Poiret. Dufy also acquired a reputation as an illustrator for beautiful book illustrations with woodcuts, etchings and lithographs and painted murals for public buildings. He also worked with different mediums such as ceramics and textiles. Dufy completed, a vast mural La Fée Electricité in celebration of the electrical technology for the Exposition Internationale in 1937. Dufy was awarded with the International Grand Prize for his commission for the 26th Venice Biennale in 1952.
RAOUL DUFY
La Seine à Paris testifies to the exquisiteness of Raoul Dufy’s delicate, script-like brushstrokes and muted palettes display the influence of Impressionist artists such as Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro. Beginning from the 1920s and onwards, Dufy frequently visited Venice, Nice and le Midi and painted regattas and landscapes in brilliant colors with calligraphic brushwork aligned to the present lot. In particular, it features the sparkling views of the French Provence of a classic reclining nude with her left elbow resting gracefully on a vessel against a series of skeletal structures and tower in the background. It is interesting to note that Dufy’s skeletal structures are arranged with foreshortened perspective and the quick application of thin washes of color in tones. In this regard, the bright cool tones of green contrasts with the warmth of the red on the body of the reclining figure resulting in a balanced composition.
It is apparent that the decorative and illustrative nature of the artist’s work followed several traditions of Modernism, coupled with the profound influence that Henri Matisse had on the artist when Dufy first saw Henri Matisse’s Luxe Calme et Volupte at the Salon des Indépendants in 1905 became a revelation that directed the young artist towards Fauvism. Dufy’s later work that embraced a boldness of colors and lines derived elements from his explorations on Fauvism and Cubism. In retrospect, Dufy was a native of Le Havre, France and enrolled in the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and studied for four years under Bonnat on scholarship. The artist often painted near the vicinity of Le Havre, and, in particular, on the beach at Sainte Adresse.
In 1911, he established a small factory and designed and printed fabrics for the couturier Poiret. Dufy also acquired a reputation as an illustrator for beautiful book illustrations with woodcuts, etchings and lithographs and painted murals for public buildings. He also worked with different mediums such as ceramics and textiles. Dufy completed, a vast mural La Fée Electricité in celebration of the electrical technology for the Exposition Internationale in 1937. Dufy was awarded with the International Grand Prize for his commission for the 26th Venice Biennale in 1952.