ID 1426001 
Lot 359  | ROBERT DELAUNAY (1885-1941)
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 250 000 
Nature morte portugaise, étude
oil and encaustic wax on joined paper laid down on canvas
29 7/8 x 36 ½ in. (75.8 x 92.7 cm.)
Executed in Portugal in 1916
Provenance
Sonia Delaunay, Paris.
Nannette and Herbert Rothschild, New York and Ossining (probably acquired from the above, before 1956).
By descent from the above to the present owners.
Literature
P. Francastel and G. Habasque, Robert Delaunay: Du Cubisme à l'art abstrait, Paris, 1957, p. 279, no. 180.
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum and Eindhoven, Stedelijk Van Abbe Museum, Robert Delaunay, October 1957-January 1958, no. 34.
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Robert Delaunay: Catalogue of an Exhibition of his Paintings, Reliefs, Drawings and Lithographs, January-February 1958, no. 30.
Providence, Annmary Brown Memorial, Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Herbert and Nannette Rothschild Collection, October-November 1966, no. 37 (illustrated in color; with incorrect dimensions).
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art; Philadelphia Museum of Art and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Encounters with Modern Art, The Reminiscences of Nanette F. Rothschild, Works from the Rothschild Family Collections, September 1996-December 1997, p. 140, no. 15 (illustrated in color, p. 141).
Further Details
Richard Riss has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
| Artist: | Robert Delaunay (1885 - 1941) | 
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| Art style: | Modern art | 
| Genre: | Still life | 
| Place of origin: | Europe, Portugal | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings | 
| Artist: | Robert Delaunay (1885 - 1941) | 
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| Art style: | Modern art | 
| Genre: | Still life | 
| Place of origin: | Europe, Portugal | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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