DUFY, JEAN1888 Le Havre - 1964 Boussay
Title: Moulin à Aubes (Limousin).
Date: Ca. 1930.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Measurement: 38,5 x 46cm.
Notation: Signed lower right: Jean Dufy.
Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame.
Enclosed: Zertifikat
Enclosed with this work is an expertise by Jacques Bailly, Paris, dated 6 March 2013. We would like to thank Mr Jacques Bailly for the kind scientific support.
Provenance:
- Schneider Galleries, Mineola, New York (according to the consignor)
- Arvi SA, Melano/Switzerland
- Private collection
Literature:
- Bailly, Jacques: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de Jean Dufy (Vol. III), Paris 2024, cat. rais. no. 1647, ill.
- Jean Dufy is an important French modernist painter, characterised by Fauvism and Cubism
- His works are represented in renowned collections, including the MoMA in New York and the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
- Bright colours and a poetic lightness characterise his work
- 'Moulin à Aubes' shows an impressive landscape in the Limousin and is an outstanding example of Dufy's late nature motifs.