"Raoul Dufy Print "the Rudder" Queen Mary Signed"
In the foreground a large rudder in front of a compass and binoculars and at the top left a hand holding it. On the right a fishing boat is moving away, in the center, another is also moving away. In the background in the distance, the simple outline of a city with sketched skyscrapers: the Queen Mary arriving in sight of the port of New York in 1937 (?)
Presented as the rudder of the Queen Mary in 1937, this engraving on paper with the filagram "pur fil Marais" is marked and signed at the bottom right "gouvernail Dufy" Raoul Dufy must have made the crossing to New York in 1937
1937 or 1949
Height 36 cm - width 44.5 cm
Good condition, trace of vertical shadow on the right, minimal reversible soiling.
Raoul Dufy (Le Havre 1877–1953 Forcalquier)