46 - Raoul Dufy

Raoul Dufy (Le Havre, 1877 – Forcalquier, 1953) Rameurs à Henley Circa 1930 Indian ink on paper Signed in pencil lower right Annotated lower center: “Canvas from the 18th horizon plus […]” Annotations on the back: “Reproduced in the work by Berr de Turique, page 191 // Purchased at auction in June 1953 // Exhibitions: New York 1965, p. 101 of the catalog; Honolulu; Phoenix (Arizona) 1966” 50 × 65 cm Raoul Dufy brought back this drawing from his experience at regattas in England, from which he produced at least two paintings on the same subject. In the background, one can recognize the gables of the houses, with the English flag in the foreground. Provenance - Henri Gaffié, Nice - Private collection, Paris Historique des ventes June 1953 (annotation on the back) Expositions 1934, Brussels, no. 37 (cited according to F. Guillon-Lafaille) 1965, New York, reproduced on p. 101 (note on the back) 1966, Honolulu and Phoenix (note on the back) 1968–1969, Bièvres, no. 70 (cited from F. Guillon-Lafaille) 1974, Monte Carlo, no. 187 (cited from F. Guillon-Lafaille) 1975, London, no. 74, reproduced in the catalog (cited from F. Guillon-Lafaille) Littérature Fanny Guillon-Lafaille, Dufy – Catalogue Raisonné of Drawings. Volume 1, Paris, 1991, reproduced on p. 218, no. 540 Marcelle Berr de Turquie, Raoul Dufy, Paris, Floury, 1930, reproduced on p. 191 (annotation on the back; also cited by F. Guillon-Lafaille) Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Raoul Dufy. Festliche Welt, Zeichnungen und Radierungen, Buchheim Verlag, 1955, reproduced on p. 14 (cited from F. Guillon-Lafaille) Jean Tardieu, *Dessins de Raoul Dufy*, Lausanne, Mermod, 1958, no. 55, reproduced on p. 55 (cited from F. Guillon-Lafaille) Littérature complémentaire Raoul Dufy, The Rowers at Henley, reproduced in M. Lafaille, Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings. Volume II, Geneva, Motte, 1973, nos. 923–924, p. 389