Modern Art and Fauvism Painter Raoul Dufy Signed Document, Paris 1921 Documenting Artist His Activity in Interwar France

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Dufy, Raoul. Signed receipt dated December 11, 1921, documents the commercial activity of a Fauvist painter whose work expanded beyond painting into textile design, ceramics, and large-scale decorative commissions during the interwar period. Associated with Fauvism, Dufy developed a distinctive visual language characterized by bold color and rhythmic line that translated effectively into applied arts and commercial design. The document situates the artist within the economic structures of the Paris art and design market in the years following World War I, when collaborations between fine artists and decorative industries became increasingly central to modern French visual culture. It supports research into artist economies, the integration of avant-garde aesthetics into commercial production, and the financial documentation of early twentieth-century European artists.

Dufy, Raoul. Receipt signed. Paris, December 11, 1921. Single sheet measuring approximately 5.5" x 7", written in French and signed “Raoul Dufy.” A 50 centime revenue stamp appears below the signature, indicating formal financial validation within the French fiscal system. The document includes docketing holes along the right margin, consistent with filing or record-keeping practices. The receipt reflects routine transactional documentation tied to Dufy’s professional activities during a period when his designs were widely adapted for textiles and decorative commissions.

Created during a decade in which Dufy collaborated with fashion houses and manufacturers, including textile production associated with Bianchini-Férier, the receipt provides material evidence of the administrative and commercial dimensions of modernist artistic practice. Paris in the early 1920s functioned as a central hub for the fusion of avant-garde art and industrial design, with artists like Dufy contributing to the dissemination of modern aesthetics across everyday objects and public spaces. Such financial documents, though routine in form, contribute to a fuller understanding of how modern artists sustained their practices within evolving markets for both fine and applied art. Minor wear and docketing holes at right margin; document clean and legible; overall in very good condition.

Item #15074

Price: $550.00