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Spirit of Dreams: Property from the Joseph H. Hazen Collection

Robert Delaunay

Nature morte

Auction Closed

May 14, 01:12 AM GMT

Estimate

1,000,000 - 1,500,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Spirit of Dreams: Property from the Joseph H. Hazen Collection

Robert Delaunay 

(1885 - 1941)


Nature morte 

signed r. delaunay and dated 1936 (lower left)

oil and cement on canvas

25 ½ by 21 ¼ in.   65 by 54 cm.

Executed in 1936.


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

Galerie Louis Carré, Paris

Saidenberg Gallery, New York (acquired from the above in 1955)

Joseph H. Hazen, New York (acquired from the above on 25 October 1955)

Thence by descent to the present owner

New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Early Delaunay, 1948-49, no. 22

Jerusalem, Israel Museum; Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum; Los Angeles, The Art Galleries, University of California; Berkeley, University Art Museum, University of California and Honolulu Academy of Arts, Paintings from the Collection of Joseph H. Hazen, 1966-67, no. 16 (Cambridge) (titled Nature morte)