DUFY Raoul - Lithograph "The fairy electricity" 30x48cm - 1965

Raoul Dufy unfolds with La Fée Électricité one of the most emblematic universes of his work, blending with extraordinary freedom science, history, progress, and the poetry of color. This lithograph on vellum paper, published in 1965 by Marcelle Oury and printed on the presses of Fernand Mourlot, reproduces the famous monumental composition created by Dufy for the 1937 Paris International Exposition. In this rich scene, the artist retraces in his own way the history of electricity and major scientific discoveries, depicting numerous scholars and inventors amidst a vast animated landscape. Historical figures mingle with architectures, vegetation, machinery, natural phenomena, and evocations of modernity in a spectacular composition. Raoul Dufy's lively and spontaneous line overlaps with broad areas of bright colors – yellows, greens, blues, reds, and oranges – characteristic of his pictorial language. This 30 × 48 cm lithograph thus offers a remarkable synthesis of Dufy's aesthetic, blending drawing, color, movement, and celebration of scientific progress.

La Fée Électricité holds a special place in the 20th-century art history and remains one of Raoul Dufy's most famous creations. The original monumental work was designed for the Palace of Light and Electricity at the 1937 Paris International Exposition. This 1965 lithographic edition allows to rediscover, in a more intimate format, the narrative richness and graphic profusion of this major composition. The printing on the presses of Fernand Mourlot, a historic Parisian studio that worked with the greatest modern artists, adds a particular interest to this edition carried out under the direction of Marcelle Oury. With its immediately identifiable subject, vibrant palette, and incredible density of composition, this lithograph is a particularly representative work of Raoul Dufy. It will appeal to modern art enthusiasts, collectors of Raoul Dufy's lithographs, 20th-century prints, and works printed by Mourlot, as well as enthusiasts of the history of science and electricity. La Fée Électricité thus brings together several essential dimensions of Dufy's art: the lightness of the drawing, the intensity of the color, the modernity of the subject, and the visual joy that remains inseparable from the artist's work.