Sonia Delaunay 1885-1979
framed: 59 x 48 cm
In 1964, the year in which she had a solo exhibition at the Louvre, Delaunay also held her second solo show at the Galerie Bing, for which she designed this striking poster and a signed invitation card, both employing bold colour and equally bold graphic forms. Throughout her career, she used colour as an expressive language bringing about new ‘poetic’ combinations in abstract paintings and textile designs.
This work was presented to the Ben Uri Collection by the Polish-born art dealer and philanthropist, Robert Lewin (Boruch Lewin, 1918-2004) in 1993.
Provenance
Presented by Robert Lewin 1993Exhibitions
2012 Chaim Soutine and his Contemporaries - from Russia to Paris and School of London works from the Ben Uri Collection, Ben Uri Gallery
2016 Out of Chaos: Touring exhibition, Laing Art Gallery
2023 Joy, Ben Uri Gallery
2024 The Decorative Fair, Evolution London
Literature
Rachel Dickson and Sarah MacDougall, eds., Ben Uri: 100 Years in London - Art, Identity, Migration (London: Ben Uri Gallery, 2015), p. 76 (illus.);
Sarah MacDougall ed., Soutine and his Contemporaries - from Russia to Paris (London: Ben Uri Gallery, 2012) pp. 20-21
