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174 - Sonia Delaunay (French-Russian, 1885–1979)
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Estimate €1,000 - €1,500

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Sonia Delaunay (French-Russian, 1885–1979) Dancer at the Petit Casino, c. 1918 Watercolour and ink. Signed in pencil in the bottom right-hand corner. On the reverse: ‘SLL’, ‘To be returned to Mr and / Mrs Delaunay / 19 Boulevard Malesherbes / Paris’, ‘file 102’. Height 27.3, width 20.7 cm. Small brown stains. Provenance: former Jean-Paul Boidé collection of costume drawings, Val-de-Marne. Bibliography: (Various authors), “Sonia Delaunay: Fashion and Printed Fabrics”, Jacques Damase, 1991; work to be compared with: Costume worn by Gaby at the Petit Casino, Madrid, 1919 (signed Sonia Delaunay-Terk), reproduced on p. 66. Sonia Delaunay. Circa 1918 watercolour and ink drawing depicting a Petit Casino dancer. Signed. SIMULTANEOUS ART AND FABRICS ‘Simultaneous fabrics have their origins in the most modern painting, which emerged around 1912 – and has been developing in Paris ever since. It was in her paintings that Mrs Sonia Delaunay discovered the elements that form the structural basis of her fabrics. Fabrics, as they had been conceived throughout the world until now, were replicas of designs known for centuries, which the Ballets Russes brought back into fashion twenty years ago. The taste for Orientalism spread through the work of decorative artists, such as Bakst—who was a virtuoso of Orientalism—and who exerted a great influence on textiles and fashion. ” in Robert Delaunay, ‘From Cubism to Abstract Art’, 1923.

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174 - Sonia Delaunay (French-Russian, 1885–1979) See original version (French)

174 - Sonia Delaunay (French-Russian, 1885–1979)
See original version (French)