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RAOUL DUFY Litho French Impressionism

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RAOUL DUFY Litho French Impressionism
<b>RAOUL DUFY</b>
Le Havre 1877 - 1953 Forcalquier (French)

The Italian Clown - 1952
Original Hand Signed Color Lithograph

Title : The Italian Clown

Technique : Original Hand Signed Color Lithograph on paper.

Paper size : 65 X 48.5 cm / 25.6 X 19.1inch.

Image size : 39 X 40 cm / 15.4 X 15.8 inch.

Additional Information : This Work is Hand Signed " Raoul " at the lower left margin.
It is also Hand dedicated in blue ink by the artist "a Louis et a Charlotte (To Louis and Charlotte)" in the lower middle part.
This work was printed especially for The Exhibition "Cinquante Ans de Peinture Francaise" (Fifty Years of French Painting) in the "Musee des Arts Decoratifs" in 1952.
The work was Printed by the famous French printer "Mourlot", Paris in 1952 .
The work bears the stamp of the :"Collection Bergman the Israel Museum Jerusalem" in the back side of the paper.

Provenance : The Bergman Collection, The Israel Museum Jerusalem.

Charlotte Bergman, who died in Jerusalem on July 17 2003, one month before her 99th birthday, was unique among the museum's benefactors. She lived on the premises of the Israel Museum for three decades, and died there. When she made aliyah from New York to Israel in the 60's, the Belgian-born Bergman brought her collection of modern art with her and helped Jerusalem ex-mayor Teddy Kollek found the museum.
As the childless widow of an English architect, she promised to bequeath her paintings, sculptures and ceramics by such 20th century masters as Marc Chagall, Raoul Duffy, Henry Moore and Pablo Picasso to the museum. In return, she asked to build a home within the campus, sharing its security. She wouldn't have to put her treasures in a vault. She could live with them and savor them with her friends. After her death the museum plans to keep the white, single-story house and its 200 art works intact. Although he would not put a figure on it, they are believed to be worth millions of dollars. They include a portrait in oils of a young Charlotte Bergman by Duffy, a personal friend, and a set of small-format Henry Moore bronzes, among other works of Picasso, Braque and other great 20th century masters.
This work by Raoul Dufy was part of her extensive collection that was part of it was sold in 2003.

Condition : Fresh colors, one tear in the lower part and some hadling creases in the margins.