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Sonia Delaunay Art

French, 1885-1979
Sonia Delaunay was a multi-disciplinary abstract artist and key figure in the Parisian avant-garde. Alongside her husband, Robert Delaunay, she pioneered the movement Simultanism. Her exploration of the interaction between colors has created a sense of depth and movement throughout her oeuvre. She was born Sonia Illinitchna Stern to a Jewish Ukrainian family. At the age of seven she went to live with her comparatively wealthy uncle Henri Terk and his wife, Anna, in St Petersburg, Russia. The Terks offered her a privileged and cultured upbringing in St Petersburg. About 1911, Delaunay recalled, I had the idea of making for my son, who had just been born, a blanket composed of bits of fabric like those I had seen in the houses of Russian peasants. When it was finished, the arrangement of the pieces of material seemed to me to evoke cubist conceptions and we then tried to apply the same process to other objects and paintings. I always changed everything around me… I made my first white walls so our paintings would look better. I designed my furniture; I have done everything. I have lived my art. Delaunay’s creativity expanded beyond painting to include many other outlets such as Casa Sonia, an interiors and fashion boutique that she set up 1918. The entire set and costume design of Tristan Tzara’s 1923 play Le Cœur à Gaz; An illustration for the cover of Vogue in 1926; Costumes for the films Le Vertige directed by Marcel L’Herbier and Le p’tit Parigot, directed by René Le Somptier; Furniture for the set of the 1929 film Parce que je t’aime; And her textiles label Tissus Delaunay, which sold her designs worldwide. Orphism is a term originating from 1912 when French poet and art critic Guillaume Apollinaire identified the new style of Cubist painting. Apollinaire was inspired by the work of František Kupka and the Delaunays, who, although channeling the Cubist vision, prioritized color in their work. Apollinaire felt this use of color brought movement, light and musical qualities to the artwork and therefore referenced the legendary poet and singer of ancient Greek mythology, Orpheus, when naming the movement. Simultanism is the strand of Orphism practiced by the Delaunays. The name comes from the work of French scientist Michel Eugène Chevreul who identified the phenomenon of ‘simultaneous contrast’ in which colors look different depending on the colors around them. The Delaunays dispensed with form and aimed to created rhythm, motion and depth through overlapping patches of vibrant hues. As well as a major retrospective at the Kunstmuseum Bielefeld in 1958, Delaunay was the first living female artist to have a retrospective exhibition at the Louvre in 1964. She has also had her work shown at Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris, Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Musée National d’Art Moderne and Tate Modern.
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Artist: Sonia Delaunay
Quarter
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Art print, after the original from 1968 In great condition
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Late 20th Century Sonia Delaunay Art

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Color

Rose des vents
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1970 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 73/75 73.50 cm. x 56.00 cm. | 28.94 in. x 22.05 in. (paper) 59.00 cm. x 49.00 cm. | 23.23 in. x 19.29 in. (image) Th...
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1970s Abstract Sonia Delaunay Art

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Lithograph

Woman with Art Deco Dress - Lithograph (Artcurial edition)
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Paris, FR
Sonia DELAUNAY Woman with Art Deco Dress Lithograph after a painting Printed signature in the plate Numbered /600 On Arches vellum 40 x 30 cm (c...
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Late 20th Century Art Deco Sonia Delaunay Art

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Lithograph

Les illuminations de Rimbaud
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Paris, FR
Stencil, 1973 Publisher : Jacques Damase (Paris) Printer : Ateliers Daniel Jacomet (Paris) 54.00 cm. x 38.00 cm. 21.26 in. x 14.96 in. (paper) 45.00 cm. x 28.00 cm. 17.72 in. x 11....
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1970s Abstract Sonia Delaunay Art

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Stencil

Flamenco : Spanish Dancer - Original lithograph (Mourlot 1972)
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Paris, FR
Sonia DELAUNAY Flamenco : Spanish Dancer, 1972 Original lithograph (Printed in Mourlot workshop) Unsigned On heavy paper 31 x 24 cm (c. 12 x 10 inch) Edited by San Lazzaro in 1972 ...
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1970s Abstract Sonia Delaunay Art

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Lithograph

Rythm and Dance - Lithograph (Artcurial edition)
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Paris, FR
Sonia DELAUNAY Rythm and Dance Lithograph after a painting Printed signature in the plate Numbered /600 On vellum paper 40 x 30 cm (c. 15.7 x 11.8 in) ArtCurial edition, 1994 Exce...
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Late 20th Century Modern Sonia Delaunay Art

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Lithograph

"Juste Présent" de Tristan Tzara planche 7
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Paris, FR
Etching and aquatint, 1961 Handsigned by the artist in pencil LCD4905
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1960s Abstract Sonia Delaunay Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Eclipse
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Paris, FR
Porcelain Edition : 397/900 Publisher : Artcurial Diameter: 29 cm Inside diameter (in the back): 18 cm LCD5312
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1970s Abstract Sonia Delaunay Art

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Porcelain

Scottish
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 22/75 LCD5287
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1970s Abstract Sonia Delaunay Art

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Lithograph

Jeux d'enfants
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Milano, IT
Frame: cm 83,5 x 67 x 3 This piece is from a series of original lithographs by Sonia Delaunay dating back to the early Seventies. It is signed in pencil on the lower right; numbered...
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1970s Cubist Sonia Delaunay Art

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Paper, Lithograph

Composition polychrome
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color aquatint and etching on Arches. Signed and numbered 35/125 in pencil by Delaunay.
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1970s Modern Sonia Delaunay Art

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Etching, Aquatint, Color

Study for a plate
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in London, GB
SONIA DELAUNAY 1885-1979 Hradzyk, Ukraine 1885- 1979 Paris, France (Ukrainian /French) Title: Study for a Plate, 1969 Technique: Signed Gouache and Pencil Drawing on Wove Paper Pa...
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1960s Abstract Sonia Delaunay Art

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Gouache, Pencil

Composition - Watercolor by Sonia Delaunay - 1940/42
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original modern artwork realized by Sonia Delaunay in 1940/42. Watercolor on paper. Hand signed "S. Delaunay" on the lower right, numbered 66A lower left and n.0...
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1940s Modern Sonia Delaunay Art

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Watercolor

Rio Spinning Dress - Lithograph (Artcurial edition)
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Paris, FR
Sonia DELAUNAY Rio Spinning Dress Lithograph after a painting Printed signature in the plate Numbered /600 On Arches vellum 40 x 30 cm (c. 15.7 x 11.8 in) ArtCurial edition, 1994 ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Sonia Delaunay Art

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Lithograph

Jazz - Lithograph (Artcurial edition)
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Paris, FR
Sonia DELAUNAY Jazz Lithograph after a painting Printed signature in the plate Numbered /600 On Arches vellum 40 x 30 cm (c. 15.7 x 11.8 in) ArtCurial edition, 1994 Excellent cond...
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Late 20th Century Modern Sonia Delaunay Art

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Lithograph

Geometric Design
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in New York, NY
Delaunay, Sonia. Ses Peinture, Ses Objets, Des Tissus Simultanes, Ses Modes. This Plate: 19, 1924.. Paris, Librarie des Arts Decoratifs, ca. 1925. Original pochoir process print. Pr...
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1920s Art Deco Sonia Delaunay Art

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Paper

Signal
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Paris, FR
Porcelain Edition : 325/900 Publisher : Editions Artcurial Diameter : 28,5 cm LCD3679
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1970s Abstract Sonia Delaunay Art

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Porcelain

Spain : Flamenco Dancer - Lithograph (Artcurial edition)
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Paris, FR
Sonia DELAUNAY Spain : Flamenco Dancer Lithograph after a painting Printed signature in the plate Numbered /600 On Arches vellum 40 x 30 cm (c. 15.7 x 11.8 in) ArtCurial edition, 1...
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Late 20th Century Modern Sonia Delaunay Art

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Lithograph

Icone
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color lithograph by Delaunay. One of 10 numbered "hors commerce" impressions, aside from the edition of 100. Signed, dated, inscribed "H. C." and numbe...
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1960s Orphist Sonia Delaunay Art

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Color, Lithograph

Les Illuminations
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Paris, FR
Stencil, 1973 Handsigned by the artist in pencil Edition : 20 Printer : Jacomet 57.00 cm. x 38.00 cm. 22.44 in. x 14.96 in. (paper) Artist proof LCD4631
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1970s Abstract Sonia Delaunay Art

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Stencil

Carnival Dress - Lithograph (Artcurial edition)
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Paris, FR
Sonia DELAUNAY Carnival Dress Lithograph after a painting Printed signature in the plate Numbered /600 On Arches vellum 40 x 30 cm (c. 15.7 x 11.8 in) ArtCurial edition, 1994 Exce...
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Late 20th Century Modern Sonia Delaunay Art

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Lithograph

Rythme V
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Paris, FR
Engraving Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 67/100 63.00 cm. x 45.00 cm. 24.8 in. x 17.72 in. (paper) 40.00 cm. x 36.00 cm. 15.75 in. x 14.17 in. (image) LCD4183
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1970s Abstract Sonia Delaunay Art

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Engraving

Rhythms Triangles Dress - 1926 - Lithograph (Artcurial edition)
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Paris, FR
Sonia DELAUNAY Rhythms Triangles Dress Lithograph after a painting of 1926 Printed signature in the plate Numbered /600 On vellum paper 40 x 30 cm ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Sonia Delaunay Art

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Lithograph

Dance, Endless Rythm - 1923 - Lithograph
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Paris, FR
Sonia DELAUNAY Dance, Endless Rythm, 1923 Lithograph original Printed signature in the plate Numbered /600 On vellum paper 40 x 30 cm (c. 15.7 x 11.8 in) ArtCurial edition Excel...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Sonia Delaunay Art

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Lithograph

Les illuminations de Rimbaud
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Paris, FR
Etching Edition : 119/200 76.00 cm. x 56.00 cm. 29.92 in. x 22.05 in. (paper) 49.00 cm. x 39.00 cm. 19.29 in. x 15.35 in. (image) Handsigned by the artist in pencil Ref : LCD3529
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1970s Abstract Sonia Delaunay Art

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Etching

Sonia Delaunay - Composition - Original Lithograph
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Sonia Delaunay - Composition Original Lithograph 1969 Dimensions: 32 x 25 cm Revue XXe Siècle Cahiers d'art published under the direction of G. di San Lazzaro. Sonia Delaunay was known for her vivid use of color and her bold, abstract patterns, breaking down traditional distinctions between the fine and applied arts as an artist, designer and printmaker. Born Sarah Stern on November 14, 1885 in Gradizhsk, Ukraine, she was adopted in 1890 by her maternal uncle, Henri Terk, a lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and learning several foreign languages. In 1903, she moved to Germany to study drawing with Ludwig Schmidt-Reutler (1863–1909) at the Karlsruhe academy of fine arts; Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), composer-to-be, was among her classmates there. In 1905, she traveled to Paris where she attended art classes at the Académie de la Palette, learned printmaking from Rudolf Grossman (1889–1941), and met Amédée Ozenfant (1886–1966), André Dunoyer de Segonzac (1884–1974), and Jean-Louis Boussingault (1883–1943). Sonia spent much of her time at exhibitions and galleries in Paris, which showed works by Paul Cézanne, Vincent Van Gogh, Pierre Bonnard, and Edouard Vuillard, as well as Les Fauves, Henri Matisse and André Derain. She did, however, maintain contact with Germany, exhibiting at the Galerie Der Sturm, Berlin, in 1913, 1920 and 1921. During her first year in Paris, Sonia met the German collector and art-dealer, Wilhelm Uhde (1874–1947), whom she married on December 5, 1908, and whose Montparnasse gallery, the Galerie Notre-Dame des Champs, showed her first solo exhibition. Through Uhde, Sonia encountered many painters, including Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Maurice de Vlaminck, and Robert Delaunay (1885–1941). In 1910, Sonia divorced Uhde by mutual agreement, married Delaunay that same year, and gave birth to their son, Charles, in January 1911. Together Sonia and Robert Delaunay pursued the study of color, influenced by theories of Michel-Eugène Chevreul (1786–1889). Sonia’s interest in simultaneous contrast, as evidenced in her early collages, book bindings, small painted boxes...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Sonia Delaunay Art

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Lithograph

Sonia Delaunay - Composition - Original Lithograph
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Sonia Delaunay - Composition Original Lithograph 1972 Dimensions: 32 x 25 cm Revue XXe Siècle Cahiers d'art published under the direction of G. di San Lazzaro. Sonia Delaunay was known for her vivid use of color and her bold, abstract patterns, breaking down traditional distinctions between the fine and applied arts as an artist, designer and printmaker. Born Sarah Stern on November 14, 1885 in Gradizhsk, Ukraine, she was adopted in 1890 by her maternal uncle, Henri Terk, a lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and learning several foreign languages. In 1903, she moved to Germany to study drawing with Ludwig Schmidt-Reutler (1863–1909) at the Karlsruhe academy of fine arts; Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), composer-to-be, was among her classmates there. In 1905, she traveled to Paris where she attended art classes at the Académie de la Palette, learned printmaking from Rudolf Grossman (1889–1941), and met Amédée Ozenfant (1886–1966), André Dunoyer de Segonzac (1884–1974), and Jean-Louis Boussingault (1883–1943). Sonia spent much of her time at exhibitions and galleries in Paris, which showed works by Paul Cézanne, Vincent Van Gogh, Pierre Bonnard, and Edouard Vuillard, as well as Les Fauves, Henri Matisse and André Derain. She did, however, maintain contact with Germany, exhibiting at the Galerie Der Sturm, Berlin, in 1913, 1920 and 1921. During her first year in Paris, Sonia met the German collector and art-dealer, Wilhelm Uhde (1874–1947), whom she married on December 5, 1908, and whose Montparnasse gallery, the Galerie Notre-Dame des Champs, showed her first solo exhibition. Through Uhde, Sonia encountered many painters, including Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Maurice de Vlaminck, and Robert Delaunay (1885–1941). In 1910, Sonia divorced Uhde by mutual agreement, married Delaunay that same year, and gave birth to their son, Charles, in January 1911. Together Sonia and Robert Delaunay pursued the study of color, influenced by theories of Michel-Eugène Chevreul (1786–1889). Sonia’s interest in simultaneous contrast, as evidenced in her early collages, book bindings, small painted boxes...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Sonia Delaunay Art

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Lithograph

Sonia Delaunay - Composition - Original Lithograph
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Sonia Delaunay - Composition Original Lithograph Circa 1960 Dimensions: 65 x 50 cm Sonia Delaunay was known for her vivid use of color and her bold, abstract patterns, breaking down traditional distinctions between the fine and applied arts as an artist, designer and printmaker. Born Sarah Stern on November 14, 1885 in Gradizhsk, Ukraine, she was adopted in 1890 by her maternal uncle, Henri Terk, a lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and learning several foreign languages. In 1903, she moved to Germany to study drawing with Ludwig Schmidt-Reutler (1863–1909) at the Karlsruhe academy of fine arts; Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), composer-to-be, was among her classmates there. In 1905, she traveled to Paris where she attended art classes at the Académie de la Palette, learned printmaking from Rudolf Grossman (1889–1941), and met Amédée Ozenfant (1886–1966), André Dunoyer de Segonzac (1884–1974), and Jean-Louis Boussingault (1883–1943). Sonia spent much of her time at exhibitions and galleries in Paris, which showed works by Paul Cézanne, Vincent Van Gogh, Pierre Bonnard, and Edouard Vuillard, as well as Les Fauves, Henri Matisse and André Derain. She did, however, maintain contact with Germany, exhibiting at the Galerie Der Sturm, Berlin, in 1913, 1920 and 1921. During her first year in Paris, Sonia met the German collector and art-dealer, Wilhelm Uhde (1874–1947), whom she married on December 5, 1908, and whose Montparnasse gallery, the Galerie Notre-Dame des Champs, showed her first solo exhibition. Through Uhde, Sonia encountered many painters, including Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Maurice de Vlaminck, and Robert Delaunay (1885–1941). In 1910, Sonia divorced Uhde by mutual agreement, married Delaunay that same year, and gave birth to their son, Charles, in January 1911. Together Sonia and Robert Delaunay pursued the study of color, influenced by theories of Michel-Eugène Chevreul (1786–1889). Sonia’s interest in simultaneous contrast, as evidenced in her early collages, book bindings, small painted boxes...
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1960s Abstract Geometric Sonia Delaunay Art

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Lithograph

Sonia Delaunay - Original Watercolor on paper
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Sonia Delaunay - Original Watercolor on paper Dimensions: 21 x 21 cm. Authentified by her son Charles Delaunay on the back. Sonia Delaunay was known for her vivid use of color and her bold, abstract patterns, breaking down traditional distinctions between the fine and applied arts as an artist, designer and printmaker. Born Sarah Stern on November 14, 1885 in Gradizhsk, Ukraine, she was adopted in 1890 by her maternal uncle, Henri Terk, a lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and learning several foreign languages. In 1903, she moved to Germany to study drawing with Ludwig Schmidt-Reutler (1863–1909) at the Karlsruhe academy of fine arts; Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), composer-to-be, was among her classmates there. In 1905, she traveled to Paris where she attended art classes at the Académie de la Palette, learned printmaking from Rudolf Grossman (1889–1941), and met Amédée Ozenfant (1886–1966), André Dunoyer de Segonzac (1884–1974), and Jean-Louis Boussingault (1883–1943). Sonia spent much of her time at exhibitions and galleries in Paris, which showed works by Paul Cézanne, Vincent Van Gogh, Pierre Bonnard, and Edouard Vuillard, as well as Les Fauves, Henri Matisse and André Derain. She did, however, maintain contact with Germany, exhibiting at the Galerie Der Sturm, Berlin, in 1913, 1920 and 1921. During her first year in Paris, Sonia met the German collector and art-dealer, Wilhelm Uhde (1874–1947), whom she married on December 5, 1908, and whose Montparnasse gallery, the Galerie Notre-Dame des Champs, showed her first solo exhibition. Through Uhde, Sonia encountered many painters, including Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Maurice de Vlaminck, and Robert Delaunay (1885–1941). In 1910, Sonia divorced Uhde by mutual agreement, married Delaunay that same year, and gave birth to their son, Charles, in January 1911. Together Sonia and Robert Delaunay pursued the study of color, influenced by theories of Michel-Eugène Chevreul (1786–1889). Sonia’s interest in simultaneous contrast, as evidenced in her early collages, book bindings, small painted boxes...
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1930s Abstract Geometric Sonia Delaunay Art

Pochoir from the Portfolio Les Illuminactions
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Summit, NJ
Vibrant and bright pochoir on Arches paper by Sonia Delaunay. It is signed and numbered 9/20 in pencil on the front by the artist. On the back, it is stamped: Pochoir exécuté à la ma...
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1970s Orphist Sonia Delaunay Art

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Watercolor

Avec moi-même
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Paris, FR
Etching and aquatint, 1970 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 71/75 65.50 cm. x 50.00 cm. 25.79 in. x 19.69 in. (paper) 49.00 cm. x 39.50 cm. 19.29 in. x 15.55 in. (im...
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1970s Abstract Sonia Delaunay Art

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Etching, Aquatint

small red square
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 28/75 77.00 cm. x 57.00 cm. 30.31 in. x 22.44 in. (paper) 57.00 cm. x 45.00 cm. 22.44 in. x 17.72 in. (image) Arches Pape...
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1970s Abstract Sonia Delaunay Art

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Lithograph

Quarter
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Art print, after the original from 1968 In great condition
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Late 20th Century Sonia Delaunay Art

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Color

Untitled
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Signed Edition of 75 +XXV
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19th Century Contemporary Sonia Delaunay Art

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Silk

L'Oeil
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in New York, NY
Sonia Delaunay’s innovative explorations of color and form were integral to the development of abstract art in the early 20th century. Her original color lithograph, L’Oeil, is hand...
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20th Century Sonia Delaunay Art

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Lithograph

Gravure I
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Signed Edition size: 100
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20th Century Contemporary Sonia Delaunay Art

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Etching

Gravure I
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Inventory 6739 Signed Edition size: 100 Comes with gallery invoice and certificate
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Sonia Delaunay Art

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Etching

Composition
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Fine colour etching, signed by the artist.
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20th Century Contemporary Sonia Delaunay Art

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Etching

Composition in Green, Blue and Red - Original lithograph (Mourlot 1969)
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Paris, FR
Sonia DELAUNAY Composition in Green, Blue and Red, 1969 Original lithograph (Printed in Mourlot workshop) Unsigned On heavy paper 31 x 24 cm (c. 12 x 10 inch) Edited by San Lazzaro...
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1960s Abstract Geometric Sonia Delaunay Art

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Lithograph

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