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JEAN DUFY (1888-1964)

Estimate5 000 - 7 000
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JEAN DUFY (1888-1964)
The market at Ambazac (Haute-Vienne), 1922
Watercolor and graphite on paper
Signed and dated '1922' lower right
(Yellowed)
Watercolor and graphite on paper, signed and dated '1922' lower right
43 x 57 cm - 16 7/8 x 22 1/2 in.

Provenance
- Collection Annie Haviland, France (gift from the artist)
- Private collection, France (by descent)

Bibliography
Jacques Bailly, Jean Dufy, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre, Volume II, Paris: Éditions Jacques Bailly, described under reference J.826 and reproduced pp. 57 and 133

"1922, February, At this time, his activity as a decorator [...] led [Jean Dufy] to work for Théodore Haviland porcelain from Limoges, but also for silks from Lyon, for fabrics made on lace looms in Calais, and finally for Pyrex dinner services".
Jean Dufy