Regatta at Henley, 1937

Not on View

Medium

oil on linen

Dimensions

overall: 89.2 x 116.2 cm (35 1/8 x 45 3/4 in.)

framed: 111.7 x 138.7 x 5.7 cm (44 x 54 5/8 x 2 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

Accession Number

1970.17.31

Artists / Makers

Raoul Dufy (artist) French, 1877 - 1953

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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] According to 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

Bruce, Ailsa Mellon, Mrs.
Wildenstein & Co., Inc.

Exhibition History

1954: Raoul Dufy, Arts Council of Great Britain, Tate Gallery, London, 1954, no. 40.

1961: Raoul Dufy, Wildenstein's, London, 1961, no. 18.

1962: Paintings, Watercolors, and Drawings by Raoul Dufy, Wildenstein's, New York, 1962, no. 22.

1978: Raoul Dufy: A Retrospective, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Flordia, 1978, no. 6.

1989: Extended loan for use by Richard Darman, Director, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C., 1989-1993.

1993: Extended loan for use by Leon E. Panetta, Director, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C., 1993-1994.

1994: Extended loan for use by Alice Rivlin, Director, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C., 1994-1997.

1997: Extended loan for use by Franklin Raines, Director, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C., 1997-1999.

2014: Matisse and Friends: Selected Masterworks from the National Gallery of Art, Denver Art Museum, 2014-2015, no catalogue.

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.