Lot n° 561
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DELAUNAY Sonia (1885-1979) - Lot 561
DELAUNAY Sonia (1885-1979)
Costume study for Tristan Tzara's "Coeur à Gaz", plate 4.
Watercolor and graphite on cardboard, monogrammed lower left, dated (19)23, with handwritten annotations in French, excerpt from a text by Plato and drawing on reverse. This work is a preparatory study for an etching presented in 1970, taken from a selection of the artist's gouaches for the exhibition entitled "Sonia Delaunay - Quelques Peintures et Gouaches récentes" to coincide with the publication of the album "Avec moi-même". In this published version, the quotation from Plato on the reverse of the work does not appear.
Some foxing, but overall good condition.
H.: 21.5 cm - W.: 30.5 cm.
Biography: Sonia Delaunay studied with Schmidt-Reutter in Germany in 1903. In 1905 she moved to Paris. She married Wihelm Uhde in 1909, and divorced him the following year in 1910. She studied at the Académie de la Palette and met Ozenfant and Dunoyer de Segonzac. In 1910 she marries Robert Delaunay. In 1912, she met Gueorgi Yakoulov. She creates her first "Compositions simultanées". In 1913, she met Blaise Cendrars, with whom she illustrated his Prose du Transsibérien. She begins exhibiting her work at Galerie Der Sturm in Berlin. In 1914, she exhibited Les Prismes électriques at the Salon des Indépendants in Paris. From 1914 to 1920, she lived in Portugal and Spain, and in 1918 designed her first sets and costumes for Serge Diaghilev, including Cleopatra. She returned to Paris in 1920. During this period, she created numerous fabrics with simple geometric motifs (squares, diamonds, circular bands). She opened a sewing studio with Jacques Heim in 1924, and the following year took part in the Arts Décoratifs exhibition in Paris. She worked on fabric design. In 1929-1930, she published two albums, Tissus et tapis and composition, couleurs, idée. She joined the Abstraction-Création group in 1932. From 1935 to 1937, she collaborated with Robert Delaunay on the creation of a mural for the International Exhibition, where she was awarded the gold medal. In 1939, she organized the first exhibition of new realities at the Galerie Charpentier with Robert Delaunay and Van Doesburg.
History: For the theatrical presentation of one of his most important works, Tristan Tzara (1896-1963) asked his friend Sonia Delaunay to design the costumes. "Le Coeur à Gaz" is a Surrealist poem written in 1921: "considered one of the founding texts of the Surrealist movement, it perfectly embodies the aesthetics of the time. Tzara's provocative writing explores the limits of language and logic, creating a unique and avant-garde poetic work". Le Cœur à Gaz was first performed at the Galerie Montaigne (Champs-Élysées studio) in Paris, on June 10, 1921. A second performance took place during a Dada event at the Théâtre Michel in Paris, on July 6, 1923, as part of the "Cœur à barbe" evening, a name inspired by the single issue of the eponymous periodical, and the text byTristan Tzara. With staging by Siderski, costumes by Sonia Delaunay-Terk and Barthe and sets by Granovsky. At Paul Éluard's instigation, the evening is heckled by André Breton and his friends.
Reference: "Avec Moi-Même", portfolio of ten copper engravings, printed by Jacques David, 1970
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