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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, EUROPE
ROBERT DELAUNAY (1885-1941)
Hélice
Details
ROBERT DELAUNAY (1885-1941)
Hélice
pen and ink and pencil on tracing paper
8 ½ x 6 3⁄8 in. (21.5 x 16.2 cm.)
Executed in Paris in 1923
Hélice
pen and ink and pencil on tracing paper
8 ½ x 6 3⁄8 in. (21.5 x 16.2 cm.)
Executed in Paris in 1923
Provenance
Sonia Delaunay, Paris, by descent from the artist, until at least 1957.
Monique Schneider-Maunoury & Georges Bernier collection, Paris, by 1994.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the late 1990s.
Monique Schneider-Maunoury & Georges Bernier collection, Paris, by 1994.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the late 1990s.
Literature
G. Habasque, Robert Delaunay: Du cubisme à l'art abstrait, Paris, 1957, no. 593, p. 342.
Exhibited
Paris, Maison des Arts Georges Pompidou, 'Autour d'une collection', le Président et Madame Georges Pompidou, July - August 1994, n.p. (titled 'Hélice-esquisse').
Further details
Richard Riss and Jean Louis Delaunay have confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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