Raoul Dufy - La Fanfare - The band 1949 large original color lithograph School Prints

Raoul Dufy: La Fanfare / The Band. Large-format original color lithograph, 1949, for Brenda Rawnsley's "School Prints" edition. Printed by WSCowell Ltd., London. Signed in the plate lower right. Format: 48.5 x 76 cm.
Rare! Most copies were distributed as visual aids in English schools in the postwar period. Very few copies remain that have not been worn from school use; this sheet shows only minimal signs of aging.

Literature: - Tate Britain, accession no. P01703; - Hermann Wünsche "School Prints. A London Art Edition from the 1940s." Königswinter 1986, pp. 64 f.

Brenda Rawnsley (July 31, 1916 – June 25, 2007) was a British arts activist who developed and directed the innovative School Prints program, which provided artwork to primary schools. She was honored for her service during World War II.
In 1946, she sent letters to numerous British artists: "We are producing a series of autolithographs ... for use in schools to give schoolchildren an understanding of contemporary art." In 1947, Rawnsley flew to France and persuaded Pablo Picasso (Composition, 1948), Georges Braque, Henri Matisse, Fernand Léger, and Raoul Dufy to produce lithographs for the School Prints program.