1920
Edition Size: Unique
Sheet Size: 48.5 x 63 cm
Signed
Condition: Pristine
THE UNIQUE BON-A TIRER PROOF (BAT) OF ONE OF DUFY’S GREATEST PRINTS, A FAUVE INTERPRETATION OF A COMMONPLACE SEASIDE SCENE.
BATs are extremely desirable: they are unique, they embody the artist’s ideal, and they are printed before the impressions in the regular edition.
Printed on very fine wove paper, with huge margins.
In perfect condition.
€4,950.00
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.
