Germann Auctionhouse Zurich
Important Paintings, Sculptures, Watercolors and Drawings and Multiples
Monday, 26 November 2012, 06:00 pm

Sonia Delaunay, Rythme coloré

Lot 25

Sonia Delaunay, 1885-1979 (FR)

Rythme coloré, 1955

Gouache and watercolor on paper.
H 245 mm W 315 mm.

(Frame).
Signed, dated: "1re réunion Septembre 1955" and incised: "no 535".

CHF25'000 / 35'000
EUR22'000 / 30'000
USD27'000 / 38'000

Hammer Price: CHF 28'000

Annotation:

Provenance:
Estate of the artist;
Galerie Denise René, Paris;
Artcurial, Paris;
Galerie Proarta, Zurich;
Swiss private property.

Exhibitions:
Zurich, Galerie Proarta. Sonia Delaunay / Robert Delaunay, 21. November 1991 - 16. February 1992;
Paris, Artcurial. Papiers de Peintres - Papiers de Sculpteurs, 21. March - 4. May 1991. Literature:
Exhibition catalogue. Sonia Delaunay / Robert Delaunay.
Zurich, Galerie Proarta, 1991. Page 37, color illustration;
Exhibition catalogue. Papiers de Peintres - Papiers de Sculpteurs.
Paris, Artcurial, 1991.

Annotation: The present work is the first version for the composition "Rythme" of 1955-1958, in the collection of the Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou.