Raoul DUFY (1877 - 1953) The Reception of King George VI and the Queen by President Lebrun at the Élysée, 1938 Watercolor and gouache. Signed lower right and dedicated "à Roudi". 39 x 59 cm Provenance : Collection of Dr. Alexandre Roudinesco. By descent. Exhibitions: - Plaisirs de France, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, June 1951, no. 69, reproduced. - Musée national d'Art moderne, Paris, 1953, no. 120, reproduced. - Raoul Dufy, The Tate Gallery, London, January 9 - February 7, 1954, no. 79. - Masterpieces by Raoul Dufy, Galerie Bernheim Jeune, Paris, April-July 1959, no. 104. - Cent tableaux de collections privées, Galerie Charpentier, Paris 1960, no. 38. Bibliography: Fanny Guillon-Lafaille, Raoul Dufy. Catalog raisonné des aquarelles, gouaches et pastels, volume 2, Paris, Louis Carré & Cie, 1981, no. 1599, reproduced on p. 195.