Paris, La Passerelle des Arts
15.9 cms x 22.9 cms (6.25 ins x 9 ins)
Signed, dated 1958 and inscribed "bonne année" and on verso titled notre dame et la seine, paris on the dominion gallery label and inscribed with framing notes
made in 1958
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "Fall 2018 Live auction" held on Wed, Nov 21, 2018.
Lot 150
Lot 150
Estimate: CAD $10,000 - $15,000
Realised: CAD $18,750
Realised: CAD $18,750
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Dominion Gallery, Montreal
Private Collection, Edmonton
Notes:
Jean Dufy’s birthplace was Le Havre, France, and his brother and mentor was the renowned Fauve artist Raoul Dufy. Jean moved to Paris about 1912, and here he became acquainted with luminaries such as the artists Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque and writer Guillaume Apollinaire. After military service and work in a textile painting studio in Lyon, Dufy was back in Paris by 1920, settling in Montmartre. Dufy continued to visit Le Havre. He traveled throughout Europe, England and North Africa and spent many years on a farm near Nantes, but the city of Paris was his enduring passion. Paris, La Passerelle des Arts, with its cool and refreshing blues and greens, laid down with light and transparent brushwork, is an outstanding example of his depictions of Paris. Dufy’s graceful paint-strokes outline the essential features of Notre-Dame Cathedral and one of the Seine River’s many bridges.
This lot is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity signed and sealed by Jacques Bailly and titled and dated Paris, June 14, 2018, with a note that this work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné on the artist's works, certificate #4686.
Dominion Gallery, Montreal
Private Collection, Edmonton
Notes:
Jean Dufy’s birthplace was Le Havre, France, and his brother and mentor was the renowned Fauve artist Raoul Dufy. Jean moved to Paris about 1912, and here he became acquainted with luminaries such as the artists Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque and writer Guillaume Apollinaire. After military service and work in a textile painting studio in Lyon, Dufy was back in Paris by 1920, settling in Montmartre. Dufy continued to visit Le Havre. He traveled throughout Europe, England and North Africa and spent many years on a farm near Nantes, but the city of Paris was his enduring passion. Paris, La Passerelle des Arts, with its cool and refreshing blues and greens, laid down with light and transparent brushwork, is an outstanding example of his depictions of Paris. Dufy’s graceful paint-strokes outline the essential features of Notre-Dame Cathedral and one of the Seine River’s many bridges.
This lot is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity signed and sealed by Jacques Bailly and titled and dated Paris, June 14, 2018, with a note that this work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné on the artist's works, certificate #4686.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.