The Basket

Provenance

From the artist to van Leer, as part of a three-part screen; returned to (Galerie Étienne Bignou, Paris) by 1929;[1] sold 1930 to (Valentine Gallery, New York); sold 1930 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA. [1]Bignou sent painting back to Dufy to put on a smaller stretcher and finish.

The Basket

Dufy, Raoul

1926

Accession Number

1963.10.22

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 53.5 × 65.1 cm (21 1/16 × 25 5/8 in.) | framed: 74.93 × 86.04 × 7.62 cm (29 1/2 × 33 7/8 × 3 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Chester Dale Collection