La Chasse

c. 1910

Raoul Dufy

Associated Names
Raoul Dufy

Artist, French, 1877 - 1953

The image features a hunter and a dog in dense foliage. A small village with smoking chimneys is seen on the center-right horizon with a sky filled with birds and swirling clouds. The style is reminiscent of woodcut prints, using bold lines and intricate patterns with a monochromatic color palette of black and white to create texture and contrast. Details like leaves, the hunter, and the dog are prominent in the foreground, leading the eye towards the village in the distance.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black on Chinese paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.96 × 64.14 cm (8 1/4 × 25 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 50.48 × 71.76 cm (19 7/8 × 28 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.16.55

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2014

  • Expressionism in Germany and France: From Van Gogh to Kandinsky, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 2014 - 2015, no. 39.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Raoul Dufy; lower right edge in graphite: 87/100

Wikidata ID

Q65364655

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