Sale: Palais Galliera, Paris, 12th December 1962, lot 4
Maggie Sheerin, New York (purchased at the above sale; sale: Christie's, New York, 4th November 2004, lot 160)
Private Collection

London, Opera Gallery, Raoul Dufy, 2006, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Fanny Guillon-Laffaille, Raoul Dufy, Catalogue raisonné des aquarelles, gouaches et pastels, Paris, 1982, vol. II, no. 1246, illustrated p. 69

Executed on cream laid paper, not laid down, hinged to the mount at the upper right and left corners. The upper right and left edges are deckled. There are repaired support losses to the lower right and left and upper right corners. There is paper skinning to all four edges of the verso. There are tape remnants to all four corners and the upper centre of the verso. There is a 1cm. repaired tear to the lower centre of the left edge. There is a flattened crease along the upper edge. Apart from some minor nicks and creases to the edges and some discolouration, mainly to the edges, this work is in overall good condition. Colours: Overall fairly accurate although more warmer and stronger in the original.
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