Raoul Dufy (French 1877 - 1953) A collection of designs Mixed media on paper, folded Each inscribed with a design number (verso) Various sizes (11) Provenance: Sale, Christie's South Kensington, Two Centuries of Design: The Bianchini Ferier Collection, 25-27 July 2001, lot 1672 Please Note: there are 11 separate sheets in this lot which comprise 7 different designs, each inscribed with corresponding design number verso. Additional images available online: 1 x design 51221 2 x design 51683 1 x design 52334 1 x design 52410 2 x design 52700 3 x design 52581 1 x design 52815 The present lot originally belonged in the Bianchini-Férier collection. The silk weaving house of Bianchini-Férier was founded in Lyon on 23rd July 1888 by Francois Atuyer, Charles Bianchini and François Férier. In 1912 Bianchini gave the artist Raoul Dufy a contract to design textiles for the company, which lasted until about 1928. Dufy produced 4,000 designs for the company and was involved with the whole process of the design from the initial sketches to the chosen fabric. In 1983, Bryan Robertson wrote of Dufy 'His work as a designer of fabrics, for example, is in my view unparelleled in the twentieth-century art.' Condition Report: Condition Report Disclaimer