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BIRTH OF THE MODERN: THE ARNOLD AND JOAN SALTZMAN COLLECTION
ROBERT DELAUNAY (1885-1941)
Arc-en-ciel
Details
ROBERT DELAUNAY (1885-1941)
Arc-en-ciel
signed and dated 'Delaunay 1913' (lower left) and signed again 'R. Delaunay' (lower right)
watercolor on paper
19 ¼ x 23 7⁄8 in. (48.8 x 60.7 cm.)
Painted in 1913
Arc-en-ciel
signed and dated 'Delaunay 1913' (lower left) and signed again 'R. Delaunay' (lower right)
watercolor on paper
19 ¼ x 23 7⁄8 in. (48.8 x 60.7 cm.)
Painted in 1913
Provenance
Sonia Delaunay, Paris (wife of the artist, until at least 1957).
Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York (by February 1962).
Private collection, New York; sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 11 December 1963, lot 14.
Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York.
Sidney E. Cohn, New York (acquired from the above); Estate sale, Sotheby's, New York, 14 May 1992, lot 17.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York (by February 1962).
Private collection, New York; sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 11 December 1963, lot 14.
Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York.
Sidney E. Cohn, New York (acquired from the above); Estate sale, Sotheby's, New York, 14 May 1992, lot 17.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Literature
G. Habasque, Robert Delaunay: Du Cubisme à l'art abstrait, Paris, 1957, p. 270, no. 126.
J. Cassou, "Oeuvres de jeunesse de Robert Delaunay" in XXème siècle, February 1962, vol. 18, p. 106 (illustrated in color; dated 1914).
J. Cassou, "Oeuvres de jeunesse de Robert Delaunay" in XXème siècle, February 1962, vol. 18, p. 106 (illustrated in color; dated 1914).
Exhibited
Berlin, Galerie Der Sturm (Herwarth Walden), 1913.
Paris, Galerie du Haut-Pavé, Aquarelles, May 1955.
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Robert Delaunay, May-September 1957, p. 75, no. 98 (with incorrect medium).
New York, Leonard Hutton Galleries, Der Blaue Reiter Exhibition, February-March 1963, no. 28 (illustrated in color).
New York, Leonard Hutton Galleries, Der Blaue Reiter un sein Kreis, March-May 1977, p. 72, no. 11 (illustrated in color, p. 32).
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, Intimates and Confidants in Art: Husbands, Wives, Lovers and Friends, February-May 1993, p. 30 (illustrated in color).
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, The Moderns: Selections from the Saltzman Family Collection, July-November 2015.
Paris, Galerie du Haut-Pavé, Aquarelles, May 1955.
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Robert Delaunay, May-September 1957, p. 75, no. 98 (with incorrect medium).
New York, Leonard Hutton Galleries, Der Blaue Reiter Exhibition, February-March 1963, no. 28 (illustrated in color).
New York, Leonard Hutton Galleries, Der Blaue Reiter un sein Kreis, March-May 1977, p. 72, no. 11 (illustrated in color, p. 32).
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, Intimates and Confidants in Art: Husbands, Wives, Lovers and Friends, February-May 1993, p. 30 (illustrated in color).
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, The Moderns: Selections from the Saltzman Family Collection, July-November 2015.
Further Details
Richard Riss and Jean Louis Delaunay have confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Jakob Angner
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