Lot 141
  • 141

Robert Delaunay

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Robert Delaunay
  • LA MINHO PITTORESQUE
  • Signed and inscribed R. Delaunay Paris (lower right) and dated 15 (lower left)
  • Gouache, watercolor and pencil on paper
  • 12 by 14 in. (image)
  • 30.5 by 35.6 cm

Provenance

Spencer A. Samuels & Co., New York
Waddington and Tooth Galleries, London
(Probably) Acquired from the above, circa 1960s

Condition

Very good condition; not laid down; hinged to mat at top edge. Slight mat burn at edge and on reverse; sheet slightly stained on reverse. Artist's notes at bottom of sheet.
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Catalogue Note

This work relates to a series of Portuguese still-lifes, specifically Nature morte portuguaise, executed by Delaunay in 1915.  This subject was also painted by his wife, Sonia.