Lot 8
Raoul Dufy (French 1877-1953): Butterfly and Floral design, gouache on paper unsigned 27cm x 48cm
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Raoul Dufy (French 1877-1953): Butterfly and Floral design, gouache on paper unsigned 27cm x 48cm
Provenance: with Leighton Fine Art; Bianchini Ferier Archive - Christie's London 16th November 2000.
Notes: The silk weaving house of Bianchini Firier was founded in Lyon in 1888. In 1912 Raoul Dufy signed a contract with them and went on to produce about 4000 designs for Bianchini Firier between 1912 and 1928. After his contract came to an end Bianchini Firier continued to make fabrics for important fashion houses such as Worth, Madeleine Vionnet, Jeanne Lanvin Paquin and Patou. They produced scarves for Hermes, Jacques Fath and others and created imaginative designs for Givenchy, Balenciaga, Chanel, Dior and Yves Saint-Laurent etc.
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SOLD £550