Raoul Dufy
The Three Umbrellas

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Artist Raoul Dufy (French, 1877–1953)French, 1877–1953

CultureFrench

Titles

The Three Umbrellas

Date1906

PlaceSainte-adresse, France

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions23 1/2 × 29 in. (59.7 × 73.7 cm)
frame: 33 1/2 × 38 7/8 × 3 3/4 in. (85.1 × 98.7 × 9.5 cm)

Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck

Object number98.280

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

223 Beck Galleries

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European Art, Beck Collection

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Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceDr. A. Roudinesco, Paris, 1932; [Sale, New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, The Roudinesco Collection of Paintings of the School of Paris, October 10, 1968, no. 14]; Mr. and Mrs. John A. Beck, Houston, 1968; given to MFAH, 1998.
Exhibition HistoryEXHIBITED: Paris, Salon d'Automne, 1906, no. 511.

EXHIBITED: Paris, Galerie des Beaux-Arts, L'Atelier de Gustave Moreau", 1934, no. 55.

EXHIBITED: Paris, Musée du Petit Palais, "Les Maîtres de l'art indépendant: 1895-1937", 1937, no. 29.

EXHIBITED: Basel, Kunsthalle, "Vlaminck, Dufy, Rouault", 1938, no. 20.

EXHIBITED: Paris, Galerie de France, "Les Fauves", 1942, no. 12.

EXHIBITED: Paris, Galerie Charpentier, "Cent Chefs-d'oeuvres de peintres de l'école de Paris", 1946, p. 16.

EXHIBITED: Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne, "Le Fauvisme", 1951, no. 51.

EXHIBITED: Venice, 26th Biennale, 1952, no. 31.

EXHIBITED: Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne, "Raoul Dufy", 1953, no. 17, pl. 3.

EXHIBITED: London, Tate Gallery, "Dufy", 1954, no. 5, pl. 66.

EXHIBITED: Basel, Kunsthalle, 1954, no. 14, pl.3.

EXHIBITED: Berne, Kunsthalle, 1954, no. 6.

EXHIBITED: Albi, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, "Chefs-d'oeuvre de Raoul Dufy", 1955, no. 5.

EXHIBITED: Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, "Chefs-d'oeuvre de Raoul Dufy", 1959, no. 4.

EXHIBITED: Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune-Dauberville, 1959, no. 4.

EXHIBITED: Paris, Galerie Charpentier, "Cent Tableaux de collections privées", 1960, no. 31.

EXHIBITED: Paris, Galerie Charpentier, "Les Fauves", 1962, no. 44.

EXHIBITED: Austin, The university of Texas Art Museum, "Fauve--Color", 1972, no. 8.

EXHIBITED: Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, "U.S. Loan Exhibition", 1971-73.

EXHIBITED: Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, "The Collection of John A. and Audrey Jones Beck", 1974, pp. 40-41.

EXHIBITED: New York/San Francisco/Fort Worth: The Museum of Modern Art/San Francisco Museum of Modern Art/Kimbell Art Museum: 24 March - 1 June 1976/ 29 June - 15 August 1976/ 13 Sept - 31 Oct 1976; "The Wild Beasts, Fauvism and Its Affinities" (LN:76.11)

Exhibited: "Raoul Dufy Retrospective," McNay Art Institute, 4 April - 1 June 1980 (LN:80.1)

Exhibited: "Edvard Munch and France," Musee D'Orsay, Paris, France, Sep 23, 1991 - Jan 5, 1992, Oslo Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway
Jan 27 - Apr 21,1992, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
May 29 - Aug 9, 1992.(LN:91.9)

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed and dated in lower left: "Raoul Dufy 1906"

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