ROBERT DELAUNAY (1885-1941)

La Tour (L., P. 3)

Details

ROBERT DELAUNAY (1885-1941)
La Tour (L., P. 3)
lithograph, 1925, on wove paper, signed in pencil, dedicated 'à Lefevre en toute sympathie', from a small edition, with narrow margins, minor surface soiling, a few small repaired tears in the margins, otherwise in good condition, framed
L. 24 x 18 5/8 in. (610 x 446 mm.)
S. 25½ x 19 1/8 in. (646 x 485 mm.)

Provenance

Wolfgang Wittrock, Dusseldorf.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1989.

Lot Essay

This jazz age depiction of the Eiffel Tower was completed in 1925. In this print the tower, with its cubist facets, rears over Paris. In America, similar scenes were made by John Marin, whose Woolworth buildings of 1913 similarly illustrates the downtown monument in movement.

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