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Sonia Delaunay (1884-1979)
Lot 121 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF EARL MORSE

Sonia Delaunay (1884-1979)

Rythme coloré

Closed14 May 2019

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USD 87,500

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Sonia Delaunay (1884-1979)
Rythme coloré
signed, dated and numbered 'Sonia Delaunay 1959 No 857' (lower left)
gouache, charcoal and white chalk on card
Image size: 19 ¾ x 19 5/8 in. (50.2 x 49.9 cm.)
Sheet size: 24 ¼ x 22 ½ in. (61.5 x 57.2 cm.)
Executed in 1959

Rose Fried Gallery, New York.
Earl Morse, New York (circa 1965).
By descent from the above to the present owner.

Specialist note

Jean-Louis Delaunay and Richard Riss have confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Earl Morse was a prominent collector of Asian antiquities and a benefactor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.