Two by Jean Dufy

Skinner of Boston is offering two beautiful gouaches by Jean Dufy on September 9. Both, but particularly the first, have an equestrian theme. Both depict desirable French locales.

I like Jean Dufy's paintings very much. I am someone with more of an intuitive understanding of drawing than of painting, and Dufy helps me to bridge the two media conceptually as he appears to me to be drawing with his paintbrush.  

Lot 591 Jean Dufy (French, 1888-1964)

Chasse à courre à Preuilly-sur-Claise
Signed "Jean Dufy" l.r., with a label from Galerie Barreiro Stiébel, Paris, affixed
to the backing.
Gouache on paper, sight size 19 1/4 x 25 in. (48.9 x 63.5 cm), framed.
Condition: Laid onto cardstock.

Provenance: Purchased from Galerie Barreiro Stiébel, Paris, 1951.

N.B. We wish to thank Jacques Bailly for kindly confirming the authenticity of the work; and a photo-certificate accompanies the lot.
Estimate $15,000-25,000
September 9, 2011: Sold for $23,275

Cardstock is taped on four sides to window mat preventing full sheet examination.

Lot 593 Jean Dufy (French, 1888-1964)

Place de l'Opéra et rue de la Paix
Signed "Jean Dufy" l.l., with a label from Galerie Barreiro Stiébel, Paris, affixed
to the backing.
Gouache on paper, sight size 19 1/4 x 25 in. (48.9 x 63.5 cm), framed.
Condition: Laid onto cardstock.

Provenance: Purchased from Galerie Barreiro Stiébel, Paris, 1951.

N.B. We wish to thank Jacques Bailly for kindly confirming the authenticity of the work; and a photo-certificate accompanies the lot.
Estimate $15,000-25,000
September 9, 2011:  Sold for $21,330
Very minor foxing to u.r. quadrant, cardstock is taped on four sides to window mat preventing full sheet examination.





Here's a very similar oil by Dufy on the same subject which was sold twice at Christie's in sales two years apart, with a significant interval appreciation in price.  In general, oil paintings on canvas sell for more than works on paper by the same artist:

Jean Dufy (1888-1964)

Place de l'Opera et rue de la Paix 

signed 'Jean Dufy' (lower center) 

oil on canvas
15 x 18 1/8 in. (38 x 46 cm.)

Price Realized

• $45,410
• Price includes buyer's premium
• 
  
• Estimate
$20,000 - $30,000
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• Price Realized on November 9, 2006 when it was sold again with an estimate of 
• $40,000 - $60,000
• $84,000
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Sale Information

Sale 1413 
IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ART 
29 September 2004
Christie's New York, Rockefeller Plaza

Provenance

Findlay Galleries Inc., Chicago.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1962. 

Lot Notes

Jacques Bailly will include this painting in his forthcoming supplement to the Jean Dufy catalogue raisonné. 

Links:

The Skinner sale:   here.

Christie's 2004: http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=4349675&sid=fd98b418-751d-4f89-88ea-8e7a284a7ff2

Christie's 2006:  http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=4815342&sid=fd98b418-751d-4f89-88ea-8e7a284a7ff2

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