Seated Woman - Rosalie
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Artist: Raoul Dufy, French, 1877-1953
Year
1929
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Media/materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
21 7/8 x 18 1/4in (55.6 x 46.4cm)
Credit line
Bequest of Marion Koogler McNay
Accession number
1950.39
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Further information
Raoul Dufy's Seated Woman - Rosalie depicts a young woman with pale pink skin and bright red lips, her body folded inward as she sits upon a loosely-rendered Turkish rug. Blue paint dominates the background, recalling the Fauvist style of artist Henri Matisse. Most well-known for horse races and regattas, Dufy also painted numerous studies of nude women. Dufy's models were curvaceous women with generous hips, offering wonderful opportunities for the study of flesh.
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ ADAGP, Paris
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