RAOUL DUFY French, 1877-1953
Reclining Nude and Palm Trees in the Cote D’Azur / Nu couché aux palmiers avec fond de Côte d’Azur, ca. 1933
Original Etching on Wove paper
33.5 x 49 cm / 13.2 x 19.3 in
This is an Original Etching by the artist Raoul Dufy.
This etching was commissioned by Vollard for a porfolio of original etchings by Dufy, Matisse, Rouault and others. It was never editioned, and only a limited number impressions were printed.
Literature:
1. Una Johnson, ”Ambroise Vollard Editeur.” Museum of Modern Art exhibition catalogue.
Reference: Johnson 37
2. Inventaire du fonds français après 1800 / Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes. Tome septième, Doré-Folk / par Jean Adhémar,... et Jacques Lethève. - Paris, 1954.
Reference: IFF 51.
Condition: Very Good condition. Time staining and foxing. Tiny loses of paper on upper left margin. Tape remains verso.
This etching was commissioned by Vollard for a porfolio of original etchings by Dufy, Matisse, Rouault and others. It was never editioned, and only a limited number impressions were printed.
Literature:
1. Una Johnson, ”Ambroise Vollard Editeur.” Museum of Modern Art exhibition catalogue.
Reference: Johnson 37
2. Inventaire du fonds français après 1800 / Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes. Tome septième, Doré-Folk / par Jean Adhémar,... et Jacques Lethève. - Paris, 1954.
Reference: IFF 51.
Condition: Very Good condition. Time staining and foxing. Tiny loses of paper on upper left margin. Tape remains verso.