Auction on
19 December 2020 - 14:00 (CET) -
20, rue Jean-Jaurès - 06400 Cannes
The Dufy brothers are still inseparable. This auction featuring four works each by Raoul and Jean attests to their artistic complicity.
Raoul Dufy, Calèches devant le Carlton à Cannes (Carriages in Front of the Carlton in Cannes), c. 1925, watercolor on paper, signed, 50.5 x 65.5 cm (approx. 19.9 x 25.8 in). Estimate: €45,000/55,000
Raoul Dufy, Calèches devant le Carlton à Cannes (Carriages in Front of the Carlton in Cannes), c. 1925, watercolor on paper, signed, 50.5 x 65.5 cm (approx. 19.9 x 25.8 in). Estimate: €45,000/55,000
Raoul Dufy and his brother Jean, who was 11 years younger, had nine siblings—and careers with many parallels. They both started out working for import firms in the port of Le Havre, their hometown, but art soon came calling. In 1893 Raoul started taking lessons with Charles Lhuillier at the municipal school before…
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