Raoul DUFY (Le Havre 1877 - Forcalquier 1956) Lot n° 60

Monte Carlo, 1933 Watercolor on paper glued to mounting board 48 x 65 cm Signed lower right Raoul Dufy Localized and dated lower right Monte Carlo 1933 (Paper insolate and heavily foxed) A certificate of authenticity from Madame Fanny Guillon Laffaille will be given to the buyer. "If I had a star color at my disposal, I would use it to illuminate my colors, but in my painting, the color material makes the star, & is not made for it, i.e. each object figures the reflection of the star absent from the painting. It is the harmony and distribution of these lights and colors that make the composition. From Raoul Dufy in Marcelle Oury, Lettre à mon peintre Raoul Dufy, Paris, Librairie académique Perrin, 1965, Carnet IV, pp. 169-170.