Sonia DELAUNAY

Black and white photographic portrait of the artist Sonia Delaunay seated among her paintings, vintage silver gelatin print. Manuscript annotations and studio stamp of Etienne Hubert on verso.

Original watercolour signed with Sonia Delaunay’s initials, “S.D.” One leaf under a wooden frame with a mat, a few minor chips and small lacks to the frame. Red stamp on the verso of the leaf: "Ce projet de tissu provient de l'Atelier que dirigeait Sonia Delaunay entre 1925 et 1933. Son fils, Charles Delaunay".

 

Exceptional sketch of a colourful chevron dress, one of the famous "tissus simultanés" created by Sonia Delaunay. Likely to be a preparatory drawing for a dress featured in Delaunay’s portfolio Ses Peintures, Ses Objets, Ses Tissus Simultanés, Ses Modes, published on the occasion of the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs.

 

Original color lithograph signed and numberedOriginal color lithograph by Sonia Delaunay signed and numbered (35|75) in pencil by the artist, printed on vélin fort.

This lithograph was realized by Sonia Delaunay after one of her paintings which was used as a cover for the book Rhythms and Colors published in 1971.

Beautiful copy, remarkable for its size and bright colors.

Provenance: L. B.