Rythme coloré. 1958.
Gouache.
Lower right signed, dated and inscribed "No 662". Lower left once more signed. On wove paper, laid on thin cardboard. 17.7 x 15.4 cm (6.9 x 6 in). Sheet: 27,7 x 23,8 cm (10,9 x 9,3 in).
[AW].
• Sonia Delaunay-Terk's characteristic rhythmic conception of color and form.
• She is considered a pioneer of abstract painting, especially of geometric abstraction.
• Particularly diverse oeuvre: She designed theater props and costumes for Igor Stravinski and made fabric designs for Jean Poiret.
• The artist's works are in renowned international collections like Tate Modern, London, the Center Georges Pompidou, Paris, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity (in copy) issued by Jean-Louis Delaunay, Barcelona, the artist's grandaughter, from March 26, 1992. The work is registered in the archive with the number 662.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Rosenbach, Hanover.
Private collection Lower Saxony (acquired from the above in 1992).

"The theater of color must be composed like a verse by Mallarmé, like a page by Joyce: perfect and with pure contrasts, precise sequences; each element must be balanced with absolute precision with the right counterweight. Beauty rests on the power of suggestion, which allows the viewer to take part in the color spectacle."

Sonia Delaunay-Terk, quoted from: Harenberg Malerlexikon, Dortmund 2001, p. 264

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