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BIRTH OF THE MODERN: THE ARNOLD AND JOAN SALTZMAN COLLECTION
ROBERT DELAUNAY (1885-1941)
Paysage de Laon
Details
ROBERT DELAUNAY (1885-1941)
Paysage de Laon
signed 'R. Delaunay' (lower left)
oil on canvas
39 3⁄8 x 25 1⁄8 in. (100 x 65 cm.)
Painted in 1912
Paysage de Laon
signed 'R. Delaunay' (lower left)
oil on canvas
39 3⁄8 x 25 1⁄8 in. (100 x 65 cm.)
Painted in 1912
Provenance
Sonia Delaunay, Paris (wife of the artist, until at least 1967).
Maurice Lefebvre-Foinet, Paris (then by descent); sale, Christie's, Paris, 1 December 2009, lot 84.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 4 May 2011, lot 339.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Maurice Lefebvre-Foinet, Paris (then by descent); sale, Christie's, Paris, 1 December 2009, lot 84.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 4 May 2011, lot 339.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Literature
R. Delaunay, Du cubisme à l'art abstrait, Paris, 1957, p. 202, no. 91.
G. Vriesen and M. Imdahl, Robert Delaunay—Licht und Farbe, Cologne, 1967, p. 110, no. 19 (illustrated).
Robert Delaunay: De l'impressionnisme à l'abstraction, exh. cat., Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1999, p. 149 (illustrated).
G. Vriesen and M. Imdahl, Robert Delaunay—Licht und Farbe, Cologne, 1967, p. 110, no. 19 (illustrated).
Robert Delaunay: De l'impressionnisme à l'abstraction, exh. cat., Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1999, p. 149 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Tel-Aviv, Association des musées d'Israël, Un demi-siècle de peinture française, September-December 1953, p. 20, no. 30.
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Boston, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Robert Delaunay, March-June 1955 (titled Towers of Laon).
Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Robert Delaunay, May-September 1957, p. 54 no. 29.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, De Renaissance der XXe eeuw, July-September 1958, no. 12.
Rosyln, Nassau County Museum of Art, Selections from the Saltzman Family Collection, July-November 2015.
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Boston, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Robert Delaunay, March-June 1955 (titled Towers of Laon).
Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Robert Delaunay, May-September 1957, p. 54 no. 29.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, De Renaissance der XXe eeuw, July-September 1958, no. 12.
Rosyln, Nassau County Museum of Art, Selections from the Saltzman Family Collection, July-November 2015.
Further Details
Richard Riss and Jean Louis Delaunay have confirmed the authenticity of this work.