Raoul Dufy, "La Danse" (woodcut print)
1953 (first printing: 1910)
- Collection Overview
- Biographical note
- Administrative Information
- Keywords for Searching Related Subjects
- Collection Inventory
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Guide to the Raoul Dufy, "La Danse" (woodcut print)
Collection Overview
- Repository
- Kellen Design Archives
- Creator - Woodcutter
- Dufy, Raoul, 1877-1953
- Title
- Raoul Dufy, "La Danse" (woodcut print), 1953 (first printing: 1910)
- Extent
- 0.1 linear ft: 1 woodcut print; 12 x 25 in
- Summary
- A second edition woodblock atelier print from an edition of 220, printed in 1953, from a 1910 woodcut. In 1924, Dufy used the woodblock, with others from the series, to produce printed textiles for the Lyons-based firm, Bianchini-Férier, with whom he had a long association.
Biographical note
Born into a large family at Le Havre, France, Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) achieved fame as a painter and textile designer. Early in his career, Dufy was closely identified with the Fauvist movement, but later moved away from this association. In the first decade of the 20th century, Dufy branched into printmaking, textile design and illustration, creating print fabrics and illustrating for books and journals, including Jean Cocteau's, Le Mot, Fernand Fleuret's Friperies, and Apollinaire's Bestiaire. Dufy's friendship with Cocteau led to set design commissions for the theater and ballet. From the 1920s on, Dufy's work was exhibited internationally, while he continued experimenting with his painting technique, as well as designing fabrics and tapestries, illustrating, designing for the stage, and even venturing into ceramics and furniture design. Dufy died in France in 1953. Later the same year, the Musée National d’Art Moderne de Paris produced an extensive retrospective of his work.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Kellen Design Archives July 21, 2011
66 5th Ave./lobby level/
New York, NY, 10011
212.229.5942
archivist@newschool.edu
Use Restrictions
To publish images of material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from the Kellen Design Archives. Please contact: archivist@newschool.edu.
Keywords for Searching Related Subjects
Corporate Name(s)
- Bianchini-Férier.
Genre(s)
- Woodcuts (prints).
Subject(s)
- Fine arts.
- Prints -- Technique.
- Textile design.
Collection Inventory
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| "La Danse" | k_OSxxx-2 | 8 | ||