Lot 197
  • 197

SONIA DELAUNAY | Jazz robe poème, Paris, 1969

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 EUR
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Description

  • Sonia Delaunay
  • Jazz robe poème, Paris, 1969
  • signed Sonia and dedicated A Jacques [...] bonjour notre enfant (lower right)
  • gouache and pencil on tracing paper
  • 33 x 24 cm; 13 x 9 1/2 in.

Provenance

Jacques Damase, Paris (gift from the artist)
Private collection, France

Literature

Sonia Delaunay & Jacques Damase, Robes Poèmes, Milan, 1969, no. 22, illustrated (titled Jazz)

Condition

Executed on thin tracing paper, not laid down and affixed to the overmount along all four edges. There are some studio marks in places, notably on the verso, and a few tiny dots of paint losses in places, notably in the yellow pigment. This work is in overall good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Costume de danse, a watercolour executed in 1923 had inspired this work.

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Richard Riss.