The Basin at Deauville

1937

Raoul Dufy

Artist, French, 1877 - 1953

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on linen

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 81.5 x 100.3 cm (32 1/16 x 39 1/2 in.)
    framed: 104.1 x 122.9 x 5.7 cm (41 x 48 3/8 x 2 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1970.17.32

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of the artist [d. 1953], Paris;[1] (Wildenstein & Co., Inc., London and New York); sold 3 December 1962 to Mrs. Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York;[2] bequest 1970 to NGA.
[1] Letters of 8 February 1978 and 22 October 1985 from Wildenstein & Co., Inc., in NGA curatorial files. [2]] Date according to the Ailsa Mellon Bruce notebook now in NGA archives; the invoice was dated 13 April 1962.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1952

  • Venice XXVI Biennale, 1952, no. 42 as La Darsena a Deauville.

1954

  • Homage à Raoul Dufy, Societé des Artistes Honfleurais, Ville de Honfleur, 1954, no. 38, no repro.

1957

  • Dufy, Musée des Beaux Arts, Lyon, 1957, no. 58, no repro.

1983

  • Raoul Dufy, Hayward Gallery, London, 1983-1984, no. 119.

1996

  • Obras Maestras de la National Gallery of Art de Washington, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, 1996-1997, unnumbered catalogue, 184-185, color repro.

1999

  • Extended loan for use by The White House, Washington, D.C., 1999-2010.

2015

  • Monet to Matisse - On the French Coast, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, 2015, no. 18, repro.

Bibliography

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 116, repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 139, repro.

1997

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

Inscriptions

lower left: Raoul Dufy

Wikidata ID

Q20193079

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