
Jazz (Dress or Furnishing Fabric)
<p>Channeling the rapid pace of modern life, Sonia Delaunay's <em>Jazz</em> design includes forms suggestive of musical notes and notation. In a striking color palette of black, white, red, and gray, pointed angular forms abut smooth, short curves. These undulations puncuated by sharp diagonals produce a medley of syncopated sensations that evoke music and dance popular in the 1920s. Delaunay intended for her designs to produce vibrant juxtapositions of color when fashioned into garments and worn on bodies in motion.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1977
- Dimensions
- 299.1 × 143 cm (117 3/4 × 56 1/4 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Sonia Delaunay-Terk
Artist

Printmaking
Designed by Sonia Delaunay-Terk (French, born Ukraine, 1885–1979)
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Panel (Furnishing Fabric)
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Blues (Shawl)
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Pink Square (Shawl)
1977 · Silk, twill weave; self-fringed; screen printed
À Damiers (Shawl)
1977 · Wool, plain weave; self-fringed; screen printed
En Losanges (Shawl)
1977 · Wool, plain weave; screen printed
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Sonia Delaunay-Terk
- Year
- 1977
- Dimensions
- 299.1 × 143 cm (117 3/4 × 56 1/4 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1977-131985
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





