Lot number 42 - Auction 154
'PARIS PORTE DAUPHINE'

JEAN DUFY 1888 Le Havre - 1964 Boussay 'PARIS PORTE DAUPHINE' Gouache on paper. F 70,5 x 82 cm, sheet size 45 x 59 cm, visible size 43 x 57 cm. Signed lower right. Part. min. dam. to the edge of the passepartout, part. with old residue. Verso: titled in pencil, with adhesive residue. Mounted and framed behind glass. Jean Dufy, whose work is characterised above all by his colourful and lively depictions of Parisian city life, developed his own visual language under the influence of artists such as Derain and Picasso, characterised by an intense colour palette and an emphasised lightness. In the immediate environment of the creative milieu of Montmartre and the artistic avant-garde there, Dufy captured the dynamism of the modern metropolis and the vitality of everyday life in its joyful facets.