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Raoul Dufy, La Fenêtre ouverte
TITRE:  La Fenêtre ouverte
ARTISTE:  Raoul Dufy
ANNEE DE REALISATION:  1938
CATEGORIE:  Paintings
MATERIAUX:  Oil on canvas
MARQUES:  Signed, dated and inscribed "Nice 1938 Raoul Dufy"
TAILLE:  h: 37.7 x w: 46.6 cm / h: 14.8 x w: 18.3 in
REGION:  French
STYLE:  Modern (ca. 1880-1945)
PRIX*:  Contact Gallery for Price
GALERIE:  Connaught Brown  44 (0) 207 408 0362  Envoyez un email
DESCRIPTION:  The Mediterranean Sea and the English Channel were constant sources of inspiration for Dufy. When living in Le Havre or Nice, he would always choose studios on the coast. La Fenêtre ouverte depicts the artist’s studio in Nice overlooking the Baie des Anges – a location which he had adored since his first visit in 1926.

The theme of the Fenêtre ouverte – the opened window - first appeared in Dufy’s work in 1920. The subject so fascinated him that he explored it again through series in both 1928 and 1938. This specific composition, frequently used by Matisse, enabled him to merge indoor and outdoor spaces. In La fenêtre ouverte the blue hues of the sea enter the room through the window and create a “path” between the intimate apartment and the infinite horizon. It is almost as if he was depicting the warm summer night air floating into the room.

The late 1930s, from when this painting dates, was a period of great success for Dufy. Exhibitions of his work were held at both the Petit Palais in Paris and the Pierre Matisse Gallery in New York. In 1937 he was asked to join the jury for the Carnegie prize, and undertook his monumental mural La Fée Electricité, known as the “the largest painting of all time”.

PROVENANCE:  Bignou Galleries, New York
Stanley N. Barbee, Beverly Hills (Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 20 April 1944, lot 19)
Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., London
Estate of Ned L. Pines (acquired from the above in 1954)
CATALOGUE(S) EN LIGNE:  CHAGALL & DUFY - Harmonies Parallèles  Oct 22 - Nov 28, 2009
PUBLICATIONS:  Maurice Laffaille, Raoul Dufy: Catalogue Raisonné de l'Oeuvre Peint, vol.III, Geneva, 1976, p.262, no.1242 (illustrated)
HISTOIRE DE L’EXPOSITION:  White Plains, Westchester County Center, Westchester Creative Arts Festival, 1956
 
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