1928
Edition Size: 40
Sheet Size: 67.5 x 51.5 cm
Signed
Condition: Pristine
La grande Baigneuse, about 1928
The Large Bather
Lithograph in color: edition of 40
675 x 515 mm.; 26 1/2 x 20 1/4 inches
Signed, lower right: “Raoul Dufy” and numbered 23/40
Notes:
This now very rare and beautiful work is the largest of Dufy’s color lithographs.
Raoul Dufy’s work is classic of the Fauvism period and his paintings had a colourful, decorative flair which became very popular for use on ceramics and textiles. He is best known for his work depicting images of open-air social events, however he also worked as a printmaker, book illustrator, draftsman, a designer of furniture, a scenic designer and a planner of public spaces. Dufy left school at age 14 and he took evening art classes when he was 18. He completed a year of military service and then the following year in 1900 he won a scholarship to École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris where he met Othon Friesz, a fellow French artist of the Fauvist movement.
