Raoul Dufy (1877 - 1953) Pencil Signed Etching. Pencil Signed and numbered (13/75) lower right. Image Size: 20 x 15 in. In 1906 Dufy had his first solo exhibition at the Galerie Berthe Weill in Paris. In addition to his paintings and drawings, he designed fabric patterns for the fashion house Poiret and created ceramics, woodblock prints and designs for tapestries. From 1920, he undertook regular trips to the South of France. Here he painted numerous sailing regattas, horse races and landscapes in luminous colors. For the Paris World Exhibition in 1937 Dufy created the Pavillon de la lumi?re; in 1952 he received the main painting prize at the Biennale in Venice. Some of his works were exhibited posthumously at the documenta I (1955) and the documenta III (1964) in Kassel. (cbo)