The Basket

1926

Raoul Dufy

Associated Names
Raoul Dufy

Artist, French, 1877 - 1953

The image shows a large woven basket filled with green apples against a blue background. Various shades of blue, green, brown, yellow, and white are visible. The basket is positioned slightly left of center with its handle arching overhead, and a white cloth with curved black lines is draped over the edge on the lower right side of the image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 53.5 × 65.1 cm (21 1/16 × 25 5/8 in.)
    framed: 74.93 × 86.04 × 7.62 cm (29 1/2 × 33 7/8 × 3 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1963.10.22

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

From the artist to van Leer, as part of a three-part screen; returned to (Galerie Étienne Bignou, Paris) by 1929;[1] sold 1930 to (Valentine Gallery, New York); sold 1930 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.
[1]Bignou sent painting back to Dufy to put on a smaller stretcher and finish.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1931

  • A Group of Twentieth Century Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1931, no. 6

1943

  • Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1943-1951, unnumbered cat., repro.

1953

  • French Painting from David to Cezanne, The Norton Gallery, West Palm Beach; The Lowe Gallery, University of Miami, 1953, no. 38.

1954

  • Long term loan, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1954-1958

1965

  • The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

1943

  • Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. Philadelphia, 1943: unpaginated, repro.

1965

  • Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 (rev. ed.): 31, repro.

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 45.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 38, repro.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 114, repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 138, repro.

1997

  • Van Doren, Lawrence N. Dufy Appreciations, 1997, repro.

Inscriptions

lower center: Raoul Dufy

Wikidata ID

Q20192616

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