“Chevaux Marins, Baleines et Coquillages” (Sea horses, Whales and Shellfish)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Raoul Dufy (Designer)

Title

“Chevaux Marins, Baleines et Coquillages” (Sea horses, Whales and Shellfish)

Place

Lyon (Object made in)

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Made 1920–1930

Medium

Silk, rayon, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, twill weave, with patterning wefts bound in twill interlacing; woven on a loom with a Jacquard attachment

Dimensions

30.5 × 35.6 cm (12 × 14 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the James D. Tigerman Estate

Reference Number

2004.941

Copyright

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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