Bouquet à la grappe et aux roses
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A large bouquet of roses and grape clusters spills from a vase with pink roses at the top, with dense teal-green leaves and clusters of blue-purple grapes cascading down. The drawing is Dufy's characteristic mix of loose ink outlines and transparent washes of color that don't quite fit the lines. The palette is dominated by greens — emerald, teal, mint — with pink roses and blue-gray grapes providing accents. The background is bare cream paper. The whole composition feels spontaneous and top-heavy, the flowers and fruit tumbling out of the frame. Watercolor and gouache on paper.