1910
Edition Size: 220. Second edition of 1920.
Image Size: 31.4 x 31.7 cm
Sheet Size: 50 x 64.7 cm
Unsigned
Condition: Excellent
Printed on machine-made laid paper with an Auvergne watermark. Slight even discolouration, overall in very good condition.
The strong, luxuriant design of this woodcut led to its becoming the basis for printed silk fabric sold to leading French designers of the day.
$600.00
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.
