Nu au coquillage (Nude woman with shell)
Maker
(artist)
1877-1953
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
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)
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
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.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite, signed: "Raoul Dufy".
Collector's mark: none.
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