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Nu au coquillage (Nude woman with shell)

Maker

(artist)
1877-1953

Title

Nu au coquillage (Nude woman with shell)

Date of Production

(circa) 1927

Medium

watercolour on laid paper; the original gilt frame is in storage [see photos in file]

Dimensions

Height: 55.3 cm
Width: 70.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1932.SC.118

Mode of Acquisition

Samuel Courtauld, gift, 1932

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords



Provenance

Reid & Lefevre (London); Samuel Courtauld, London (1876-1947); Courtauld Gift 1932

Exhibition History

Fighting French, London, 1943 (May)

A Loan exhibition of English and French paintings and drawings, Wigan Grammar School, 06/04/1938-30/04/1938

Leicester City Art Gallery, 1936 (May)

Literature

John House, Impressionism for England: Samuel Courtauld as Patron and Collector, Courtauld Institute Galleries 1994
no. 88
ill. p. 214

Cooper, Douglas, The Courtauld Collection, London 1954
no. 118

Home House Trustees, A catalogue of the pictures and other works of art at Home House, 20 Portman Square, London, London 1935
no. 30

Inscriptions

Watermark: Recto: lower left corner: a nude woman seated in profile on a "C"; lower right corner, a monogram "VM" in a circle, below is the word "FRANCE" [see sketch in file].

Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite, signed: "Raoul Dufy".

Collector's mark: none.

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