Raoul Dufy
French, 1877–1953
Elegant Women at the Trifle
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Raoul Dufy
French, 1877–19531919/20
Elegant Women at the Trifle
Raoul Dufy French, 1877–1953 →prints and drawinggraphite
Date
1919/20
Medium
Gouache, over graphite, on off-white laid paper, laid down on gray board
Dimensions
65.7 × 50 cm (25 7/8 × 19 11/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Painter and printmaker Raoul Dufy was also a skilled textile designer. He established a clothprinting workshop in 1910 and designed textiles for the fabric firm Bianchini-Férier until 1928. Dufy was mesmerized by the racetrack, where the fashion, speed, and members of high society intermingled with jockeys and horses, all of which are visible in this drawing. That this design is painted in only a few colors indicates that it may have been intended for one of his textile patterns.
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