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CELEBRATED WORK BY DUFY

(DUFY, RAOUL.) Montfort, Eugène. La Belle-Enfant ou L'Amour " Quarante Ans. 110 etched plates and illustrations by Dufy. 4to, deep rose morocco with gilt lettering and hatched design on pastedowns, spine faded and with a few scuffs; original wrappers bound in; slipcase, edgewear. Paris: Ambroise Vollard, 1930

  • Notes: one of 245 numbered copies on velin d'arches. "At the height of his career, Dufy was concerned with depicting the life of noted resorts. In search of accuracy of detail for La Belle-Enfant, one of the most celebrated of Dufy's illustrated books, he made preliminary studies in Marseilles, the locale of the novel"--The Artist and the Book 93; From Manet to Hockney 85.

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