Etude pour Bal Bullier

Details

Sonia Delaunay (1885-1979)
Etude pour Bal Bullier
signed 'Sonia Delaunay' (lower right), and dated '1913 Paris' (lower left)
pastel on buff paper laid down at the edges on board
12 1/8 x 7 7/8 in. (30.6 x 19.9 cm.)
Drawn in Paris, 1913

Provenance

André Emmerich, New York (acquired from the artist).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1982.

Literature

A. Cohen, Sonia Delaunay, New York, 1975, no. 69 (illustrated in color; as Chanteurs flamencos).
D. Molinari, Robert et Sonia Delaunay, Paris, 1987, p. 72, no. 99 (illustrated).

Exhibited

Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Sonia Delaunay: A Retrospective, 1980, p. 141, no. 49 (illustrated in color).
New York, Leonard Hutton Galleries, Sonia Delaunay: Works of the Teens and Twenties, April-May 1995, p. 16, no. 3 (illustrated).

Lot Essay

Bal Bullier was one of the most fashionable night-spots of Montparnasse that attracted flocks of people who would come simply to tango, a scandalous dance at the time. The present drawing is a study for one of the dancing couples in the large mural painting of the same title (coll. Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris).

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