La Chasse Textile

Designer: Raoul Dufy, French, 1877–1953
Maker: Bianchini-Férier, Lyon, France, founded 1888
Date: 1918–19
Material: Block-printed cotton and linen
made in: Lyon, Rhône-Alpes region, France, Europe
Classification: Textiles
Collection: Decorative Arts and Design
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 46 × 46 1/2 in. (116.8 × 118.1 cm)
Credit Line: Richard Brumbaugh Trust in memory of Richard Irving Brumbaugh and Grace Lischer Brumbaugh
Rights: © Artists Rights Society, NY
Object Number: 25:2016

NOTES

A dapperly dressed hunter, rifle in hand and hound at foot, is framed by dense trees, flowers, and foliage in this printed furnishing fabric. Designed by Raoul Dufy around 1918, La Chasse, or the hunt, is based on a woodcut print made by the artist nearly a decade earlier. The pattern’s angular stylization and overall flatness reflect Dufy’s interest in 15th-century medieval woodcuts, as well as the work of 20th-century European painters like Paul Gauguin and Paul Cézanne.

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