ATTRIBUTED TO RAOUL DUFY (FRENCH, 1877-1953)

ATTRIBUTED TO RAOUL DUFY (FRENCH, 1877-1953)
Portrait of a seated gentleman, possibly Pierre Geismar
bears ATELIER RAOUL DUFY stamp (lower right, Lugt L.702f)
pencil on paper
42.5 x 61.5 cm. (16 3/4 x 24 1/4 in.)

The present work can be compared closely on characterisation, stylistic and compositional grounds to the known studies of Pierre Geismar by Dufy, and most notably a work executed in 1932 (private collection)