Raoul Dufy
L'Entrée du Port du Havre
Artist
Raoul Dufy
1877 Le Havre - Forcalquier 1953
Further information
Mit einer Fotoexpertise von Fanny Guillon-Lafaille, Paris, vom 18.10.1996, mit der Nr. "P96-301". Das Gemälde wird in den in Vorbereitung befindlichen zweiten Nachtrag zum Dufy-Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde aufgenommen.
Exhibition
Raoul Dufy, 40 peintures et acquarelles, Galerie Boulakia, Paris 2002, Abb. (o. S.).
Provenance
Sotheby’s, New York, 13 November 1996, lot 288;
Private collection, New York, acquired from the above;
Christie’s, London, 22 June 2005, lot 209;
Private collection, Monaco, acquired from the above.
Private collection, New York, acquired from the above;
Christie’s, London, 22 June 2005, lot 209;
Private collection, Monaco, acquired from the above.
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Description
• Work executed in Dufy’s characteristic style
• Depicts the Chapelle Notre-Dame des Flots in Sainte-Adresse
• The lightness of maritime life
The port of Le Havre in north-western France is not only the second-largest port in the country and (formerly) an important defensive stronghold against invading English forces. Today, the port is one of Europe’s most important cargo ports and of critical importance as a transhipment hub. On the 10,000-hectare site, supertankers are unloaded with oil, and cruise ships and yachts are handled.
None of this is visible in Raoul Dufy’s painting. Quite the contrary: the artist shows us a romanticised version of the harbour bay; small waves carry a solitary sailing ship. Le Havre is condensed into a miniature-like town, with only a single tower peeking out. In the foreground, Dufy depicts the Chapelle Notre-Dame des Flots. Built in 1857 in the neighbouring Sainte-Adresse, the church overlooks the entire bay. It is dedicated to Our Lady and serves the faithful as a seafarers’ church, where prayers are offered for a safe voyage and those lost at sea are remembered.
• Depicts the Chapelle Notre-Dame des Flots in Sainte-Adresse
• The lightness of maritime life
The port of Le Havre in north-western France is not only the second-largest port in the country and (formerly) an important defensive stronghold against invading English forces. Today, the port is one of Europe’s most important cargo ports and of critical importance as a transhipment hub. On the 10,000-hectare site, supertankers are unloaded with oil, and cruise ships and yachts are handled.
None of this is visible in Raoul Dufy’s painting. Quite the contrary: the artist shows us a romanticised version of the harbour bay; small waves carry a solitary sailing ship. Le Havre is condensed into a miniature-like town, with only a single tower peeking out. In the foreground, Dufy depicts the Chapelle Notre-Dame des Flots. Built in 1857 in the neighbouring Sainte-Adresse, the church overlooks the entire bay. It is dedicated to Our Lady and serves the faithful as a seafarers’ church, where prayers are offered for a safe voyage and those lost at sea are remembered.