Jean Dufy Watercolors?

I received these from an Aunt who is long gone. I asked her one and only adult child about them & all she remembers is she used the back of one as a teenager for a cutout picture of someone & got in trouble. Yes, it’s still on the back of one. I think they are watercolors (art is not my thing) one is signed one is not. I am not sure if they are valuable or not. They are both with frame about 13X18. Thank you in advance.

 

Hi NanaB. Is there a lighting issue or are the colors of the artwork the same on the pieces really the same as on the screen?

 

They are dark, that is one of the things I was actually questioning.

 

Nana-Sorry to be repetitive,but they are really,really dark.If actual original Dufy's ,they would be quite valuable.
Know this-Dufy was probably, next to Van Gogh -the MOST reproduced artist in postwar America.Every 1950's suburban housewife who fantasized of being Audrey Hepburn in Paris,had a Dufy print hanging somewhere in their fresh subdivision house.

 

Thank you. I have no idea. I also know just because someone is wealthy does not necessarily mean they bought originals. No worries on repetition, I should have stated they were dark in the original post. Thank you.

 

... or college co-ed fantasizing of being Jean Seberg in Paris...

Debora

 

nana-no socio-economic implications intended ('wealthy people buying originals'),just meant that Dufy prints were the Beatles of U.S. Francophile decor.

 

Oh I knew! I was not born until 66, so I had no clue that they were in every housewives’ home, which makes sense. I know that they were beyond wealthy, and I know that never means anything is what I meant. Sorry! Sometimes words put together, can sound not nice and that was not my intention! As always, I appreciate everyone on here and love to learn about things that I am clueless about.

 

Usually watercolours are glazed, these don’t appear to be behind glass. If you have a magnifying glass have a close look, you will see tiny printed dots if they are prints. It’s always helpful to show the backs of pictures too.

 

No prob,just like to keep the communication clear on the Forum.I've seen things go sideways unintentionally.Yes-the Franco-American love of the 1950's and early 60's-Julia Child,An American In Paris,Poodles,etc.

 

*Great point Houseful-WC's,pastels & temperas have to be glazed (under glass) because they're so delicate,unlike oils.
PS-Unfortunately in many Museums now they glaze oil paintings to prevent them from vandalism.

 

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Great backing ! Now just go back and 'edit' (delete) out all the redundant pics.
I wonder who that vintage teenager is-old Brylcreem,French Discotheque Ad/Poster ?
PS-What if that portrait turns out to be French Elvis ?....

'Et bien, depuis que
ma chérie m'a quitté,
J'ai trouvé un nouvel endroit où me loger
C'est tout au bout d'une rue isolée,
À l'Hôtel des cœurs brisés !!!'

 

frames are not that old..

 

No, I'd think late 1950s/early 1960s for print, frame and image.

Debora

 

I found this auction for an oil of the second one of yours. They call it Pont de le Concorde but I've found prints like it calling it Le Pont Alexandre III by Jean Dufy.

https://doyle.com/auctions/21pt03-i...0-jean-dufy-french-1888-1964-paris-pont-de-la

 

The other seems to be by Raoul Dufy, Deauville 1938.

Auction for oil painting: https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6233657

 

OK, first things first a French Elvis! And now I am clueless on how to edit.

 

Thank you, now that I know what it is supposed to look like!