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Property from a Distinguished Private French Collection
ROBERT DELAUNAY (1885-1941)
Relief orange
Details
ROBERT DELAUNAY (1885-1941)
Relief orange
oil and cement on canvas
57 ½ x 35 in. (146 x 89 cm.)
Executed in Paris in 1936
Relief orange
oil and cement on canvas
57 ½ x 35 in. (146 x 89 cm.)
Executed in Paris in 1936
Provenance
Sonia Delaunay, Paris (wife of the artist).
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, circa 1970.
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, circa 1970.
Literature
A. Maeght, ed., "Les premiers maîtres de l'art abstrait" in Derrière le Miroir, nos. 20-21, May 1949, no. 85 (titled Rythme).
F. Gilles de la Tourette, Robert Delaunay, Paris, 1950, p. 68 (illustrated in color, pl. 23).
G. Habasque, Robert Delaunay: Du cubisme à l’art abstrait, Paris, 1957, p. 801, no. 320.
G. Habasque, "Les reliefs de Robert Delaunay" in XXe siècle, vol. XXIII, no. 16, May 1961, p. 16 (illustrated in color; dated 1934; with inverted dimensions).
Vogue Paris, no. 702, December 1990-January 1991 (illustrated in situ).
S. Baron, Sonia Delaunay: The Life of an Artist, New York, 1995 (illustrated in situ in Sonia Delaunay's studio, p. 162).
W. Dorogova and L. Microulis, eds., Sonia Delaunay: Living Art, exh. cat., Bard Graduate Center, New York, 2024 (illustrated in situ in Sonia Delaunay's studio and apartment, circa 1955-1960, pp. 60, 73 and 241).
F. Gilles de la Tourette, Robert Delaunay, Paris, 1950, p. 68 (illustrated in color, pl. 23).
G. Habasque, Robert Delaunay: Du cubisme à l’art abstrait, Paris, 1957, p. 801, no. 320.
G. Habasque, "Les reliefs de Robert Delaunay" in XXe siècle, vol. XXIII, no. 16, May 1961, p. 16 (illustrated in color; dated 1934; with inverted dimensions).
Vogue Paris, no. 702, December 1990-January 1991 (illustrated in situ).
S. Baron, Sonia Delaunay: The Life of an Artist, New York, 1995 (illustrated in situ in Sonia Delaunay's studio, p. 162).
W. Dorogova and L. Microulis, eds., Sonia Delaunay: Living Art, exh. cat., Bard Graduate Center, New York, 2024 (illustrated in situ in Sonia Delaunay's studio and apartment, circa 1955-1960, pp. 60, 73 and 241).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Louis Carré, Robert Delaunay, December 1946-February 1947, no. 18 (dated 1934 and titled Rythme en relief).
Paris, Galerie Maeght, L'art abstrait: Ses premiers maîtres, épanouissement de l'art abstrait, May-June 1949, no. 85 (titled Rythme).
Kunsthalle Bern, Robert Delaunay, July-September 1951, p. 15, no. 59 (dated 1934).
Paris, Musée national d’art moderne, Robert Delaunay, May-September 1957, p. 72, no. 96 (illustrated, pl. XXIX).
Paris, Galerie Maeght, L'art abstrait: Ses premiers maîtres, épanouissement de l'art abstrait, May-June 1949, no. 85 (titled Rythme).
Kunsthalle Bern, Robert Delaunay, July-September 1951, p. 15, no. 59 (dated 1934).
Paris, Musée national d’art moderne, Robert Delaunay, May-September 1957, p. 72, no. 96 (illustrated, pl. XXIX).
Further Details
Richard Riss and Jean Louis Delaunay have confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Brought to you by
Imogen Kerr
Vice President, Senior Specialist, Co-Head of 20th Century Evening Sale