...une grande ivresse de soleil, tragique comme certains éclats de rire, comme certains spasmes de fou rire qui secouent une étude du soir, des milliers de choses époisées, des milliers de choses à vif, une espèce de joie... (...a great intoxication of sunlight, tragic like certain bursts of laughter, like certain spasms of insane laughter that shake up a study of the evening, thousands of exhausted things, thousands of lively things, a sort of joy...) (plate, facing page 142) from La Relêve du matin (The Morning Relief Troops)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1928
- Dimensions
- composition (irreg.): 7 9/16 × 5 1/4" (19.2 × 13.3 cm); page (each): 8 11/16 × 6 9/16" (22 × 16.7 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Robert Delaunay
Artist
Painting
Robert Delaunay was a French artist of the School of Paris movement; who, with his wife Sonia Delaunay and others, co-founded the Orphism art movement, noted for its use of strong colours and geometric shapes. His later works were more abstract. His key influence related to the bold use of colour and a clear love of experimentation with both depth and tone.
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Study for backdrop for the ballet Triomphe de Paris (The Triumph of Paris)
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Costumes for The Dance of Statues for Triumphe de Paris
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- Robert Delaunay
- Year
- 1928
- Dimensions
- composition (irreg.): 7 9/16 × 5 1/4" (19.2 × 13.3 cm); page (each): 8 11/16 × 6 9/16" (22 × 16.7 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1928-M014193
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- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
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- verified