Composition
Sonia Delaunay (Gradizsk 1885 - Paris 1979)
Lot-No. 114
Lithograph in colours, 68,5 x 49 cm, lo. ri. autographed and dat. Sonia Delaunay 1962, lo. le. num. 3/40, lo. ri. blind stampl 'Il Torchio Milano', matted and framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - Ucrainian-French paintress, graphic artist, designer and illustrator. As an orphan D. was raised by an uncle in St. Petersburg. 1903-05 she studied at the Karlsruhe academy, thereafter she continued her studies at the Académie de la Palette in Paris. In 1910 she married Robert Delaunay. She transferred formal principles of modern art to applied arts. Her designs live by colour and rhythm. Mus.: New York (Guggenheim Mus.), Paris (Musée de l'art moderne), Hamburg (Kunsthalle), Lissabon (Mus. Gulbenkian) a. others. Lit.: AKL, Vollmer, Bénézit a. others.
Sonia Delaunay: Composition
Sonia Delaunay (Gradizsk 1885 - Paris 1979)
Composition
Lot-No. 114
Lithograph in colours, 68,5 x 49 cm, lo. ri. autographed and dat. Sonia Delaunay 1962, lo. le. num. 3/40, lo. ri. blind stampl 'Il Torchio Milano', matted and framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - Ucrainian-French paintress, graphic artist, designer and illustrator. As an orphan D. was raised by an uncle in St. Petersburg. 1903-05 she studied at the Karlsruhe academy, thereafter she continued her studies at the Académie de la Palette in Paris. In 1910 she married Robert Delaunay. She transferred formal principles of modern art to applied arts. Her designs live by colour and rhythm. Mus.: New York (Guggenheim Mus.), Paris (Musée de l'art moderne), Hamburg (Kunsthalle), Lissabon (Mus. Gulbenkian) a. others. Lit.: AKL, Vollmer, Bénézit a. others.