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LAP “THE ELECTRICITY FAIRY” cardboard panel by Raoul DUFY (1…
See original version (French)
139
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LAP “THE ELECTRICITY FAIRY” cardboard panel by Raoul DUFY (1…
See original version (French)
Estimate €4,000 - €6,000
Voluntary lot
Description
LAP “THE ELECTRICITY FAIRY” cardboard panel by Raoul DUFY (1877–1953) and Spéranza CALO-SÉAILLES (1885–1949)
Sepia-coloured LAP panel on a beige background
Produced by the Antony factory and Speranza Calo Séailles, circa 1937
Monogrammed ‘D’ at the bottom left and ‘SCS’ at the bottom right
Dimensions: approx. 67 x 46 cm
As is
Bibliography: the subject is illustrated in Bernard Dorival, “La belle histoire de la fée électricité de Raoul Dufy”, La Palme, Paris, 1953
Probably the largest painting in the world (600 square metres!), “The Electricity Fairy” is the work of Dufy. Painted for the 1937 International Exhibition, it was a monumental commission for the curved wall of the hall at the Palais de la Lumière et de l’Électricité, designed by Robert Mallet-Stevens on the Champ-de-Mars. This composition features a veritable gallery of figures, ranging from scientists of the present and past to modern depictions of the fairy, and stretching back to Zeus, who powers a generator with his thunderbolt.
See original version (French)
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