Jean Dufy Le Bassin de la manche au Havre

Property from a Private New York Collector
Jean Dufy
1888 - 1964

Le Bassin de la manche au Havre
signed Jean Dufy and dated 1925 (lower right)
oil on canvas
31 ⅞ by 39 ⅛ in.
81 by 100 cm.
Executed in 1925.

This work will be included in the forthcoming third volume of the catalogue raisonné being prepared by Jacques Bailly.

Condition Report:
The work is in very good condition. The canvas is unlined. A few minor instances of craquelure throughout the composition as well as minor paint shrinkage in the areas of dark blue pigment in the lower center. Under UV light: two nailhead-sized areas of inpainting in the extreme upper left corner.

Provenance:
Private Collection, New York

Acquired as a gift from the above in the 1960s by the present owner