Raoul Dufy

These views Raoul Dufy made more than often.

This is quite a big one and probably can be dated

being made in the thirties.Probably printed by

Editions Fernand Mourlot in Paris. They use a

specific kind of thick paper. This one shows us

le Port de Trouville as he made more litho's at

this specific point.

Work on paper. Dimensions 25 / 62 cm.

Allready classical art as I find it hard to place.

The works of Dufy still have a freshness to

these days and are therefore sought after.

This one is on Arches paper and has been stamped.

Date of creation probably 1950.

Work on paper. Dimensions 50 / 70 cm.

Allways joyful and interested in musicians this work

breathes a kind of a party atmosphere! Can be dated 1951.

Strangely enough this litho can be found on the internet 

as a watercolor but there are differences! Besides that Dufy

is using different colors. A comparison is revealing!

The second one is a watercolor from 1951. 

Dimensions: 66 / 50 cm.

Quite remarkable is the message written on this litho.

Having seen written letters of Dufy on the internet

I expect it to be original. Work on paper.

Dimensions: 20 / 30 cm.

At first we thought it to be a similar message on the same litho

but then it most likely would have been printed one way or another 

afterwards. This message has been written in pencil as opposed to

the message on the litho above which has been done in ink.

The same handwriting on to different litho's bought during a

few years separated from each other.: This must be original!

We will call this one "After the concert"".

Work on paper: Dimensions: 17,5 / 23 cm.

Raoul Dufy in fact made a lot of illustrations for books.

This work is a genuine litho but made for a book. The

work itself should be in a collection particuliere as the
text states. We call it "The Chamber Orchestra".

Work on paper. Dimensions: 30 / 40 cm.

We recently obtained this litho BUT it seems to have been

cut off in the past as on the picture below found on the internet

you are able to see the whole scenery. Maybe the  Bois de

Bologne (Paris) is depicted here. This litho has been signed

in pencil but not by Raoul Dufy as he never used capital 

letters. On the left the prefixes H.C. are written as well.

All of the printworks Dufy made during his lifetime can

be found on the internet so this one also popped up

and was put up for sale somewhere in eastern Europe.

Besides all kinds of sceneries, Dufy did a lot of

flowers and other still lives as well as can be seen here.

Work on paper. Dimensions: 30 / 24 cm.

This one has been printed on Arches paper.

The same dimensions as the former one but on

the other hand it is not clear to us wether if this

one was produced the same year. 1953 was the 

year Raoul Dufy died. One of his last lithographs?

At first glance we didn't thought this one to be in the style

of Raoul Dufy but I was triggered enough about this "unknown"

artist that we decided to buy it. And in fact a good buy as this

litho has been published in about 1963 in a book about different

artists that made special works one way or another. This litho

depicts a part of "La Fee electricite"  a huge work of art that

can be admired in Paris. The dimensions of the original?

1000 cm in height and 6000 cm width (NO mistake!)

He made it in several part. Presented here is only a part of it.

And another litho with fruit and even here the livelyness is 

remarkable. Dufy enloys a growing popularity as his work

appears to be timeless. Dimensions: 26 / 34 cm.

Forgeries

It is very difficult to determine wether this is a litho or a genuine

watercolor or even a mix of the two as more than often artists added

accents with watercolor paint on a litho or used a black and white

litho to have them coloured in afterwards. Not the style that finally

made him famous but he of course developed himself to that

later style as he painted impressionistic in the beginning of

his career. Work on paper. Dimensions:30,5 / 39,5 cm.

In the signature I am supposing to see that the "forger" made

some corrections while placing it. Furthermore quite convin-

cing and Raoul Dufy often placed his signature in the middle

below. His later skies are different but on earlier works you

are able to find similar ones. This work holds some freshness

in itself and for that reason we are unable to make a final

conclusion. Feel free to e-mail me: acakoevoets@kpnmail.nl