RAOUL DUFY (1877-1953) FOR BIANCHINI-FÉRIER
'LE TENNIS' COTTON TWILL PANEL, CIRCA 1920
Auction: 23 February 2017 at 10:00 GMT
£2,500
Description
depicting a repeating pattern of tennis players, hand blocked print on heavy cotton, framed
Dimensions
53.5 x 119.5cm
Footnote
Provenance: 'Two Centuries of Design: The Bianchini-Férier Collection' Christies, London, 25-27th July 2001
Note: Dufy was a painter who had exhibited with the Fauves and first began to design textiles for Paul Poiret in 1911. From 1912 until 1930 he designed woven and printed textiles for the silk manufacturers Bianchini-Férier. He created a range of lively fabrics in bright colours, many of which were bought by leading couturiers such as Lanvin, Patou and Poiret.