Prince de Joinville welcomed by an English admiral aboard a British frigate, 1934–35
Raoul Dufy; Artist: after Constantin Guysexpand_more
Gouache on paperexpand_more
Gift of Ruth and Nathan Cummings Art Foundationexpand_more 58.22
Not on Viewexpand_more
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Conservation cost: $6,105
The French Fauvist painter Raoul Dufy produced cheerful, colorful pictures of life in Paris in the first half of the 1900s, often favoring scenes of fashionable women, uniformed officers, and summer holidays at the beach. Given to the museum in 1958, this gouache has never been exhibited due to its fragile state. There is extensive flaking throughout the work and risk of further cracking and losses. The unstable pigment must be carefully consolidated. This is a painstaking, time-consuming process in which the conservator works under magnification to stabilize each crack, using a consolidant to adhere all of the loose gouache to the paper support. The work has been in dark storage for 60 years so the colors are extremely fresh. Once consolidated, the gouache will be stable enough to exhibit once again.
Contact the Prints and Drawings Department at printstudy@artsmia.org or (612) 870-3113 to Champion this artwork.
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