Music and the Pink Violin

1952

Raoul Dufy

Artist, French, 1877 - 1953

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 60 x 72.7 cm (23 5/8 x 28 5/8 in.)
    framed: 81.9 x 94.9 x 5.3 cm (32 1/4 x 37 3/8 x 2 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1985.64.14

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Wildenstein and Co., London, New York and Paris), by 1961; sold 1962 to Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift 1985 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1986

  • Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1986, unnumbered checklist.

1989

  • Extended loan for use by Secretary Robert Mosbacher, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C., 1989-1993.

1993

  • Extended loan for use by Secretary Ron Brown, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C., 1993-1997.

1997

  • Extended loan for use by Secretary William M. Daley, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C., 1997-1999.

1999

  • Raoul Dufy: Last of the Fauves, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach; Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis; New Orleans Museum of Art; Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, 1999-2000, no. 56, repro.

2008

  • Raoul Dufy Le plaisir, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 2008-2009, no. 118, repro.

2015

  • Raoul Dufy. Exterior to Interior, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, 2015, no. 92, repro.

Inscriptions

upper left reverse: Raoul Dufy

Wikidata ID

Q20194563

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