Lot #531: SONIA DELAUNAY - Rythmes Couleurs - Gouache on paper

   

Artist: Sonia Delaunay (Ukrainian/French, 1885 - 1979).
Title: "Rythmes Couleurs".
Medium: Gouache on paper.
Date: Composed 1947.
Dimensions: Overall size: 14 11/16 x 13 1/4 in. (373 x 337 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $16,000
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $25,000/35,000
Lot Note(s): Signed lower right. Painted on cream wove paper. Very good condition.
Comment(s): Comparable compositions to our example, in gouache, sell at auction for substantially more than our modest pre-sale estimates for our subject drawing offered here. Delaunay spent most of her working life in Paris and, with her husband Robert Delaunay and others, co-founded the Orphism art movement, noted for its use of strong colors and geometric shapes. A very similar work to our example is “Danseuse,” gouache on paper, 10 1/4" x 7 1/8,” c.1915, which sold for $22,022 (£12,100) at Sotheby’s London, December 2, 1987, lot #474. [29917-3-16000-NA]