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DELAUNAY, Robert (1885-1941)

[[underlined]] "THE EIFFEL TOWER" [[/underlined]]

Oil on canvas: 16 x 13"

Signed lower right: "r delaunay 1914"

A large window with drapes drawn back on either side opens out on the Eiffel Tower. The picture is painted in cool greys, blue and rust.

[[underlined]] Collection [[/underlined]]: N. Roché, Paris, to whom it had been given by Delaunay.

(A drawing for this painting is in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Germain Seligman.)

[[underlined]] Exhibited [[/underlined]]: "The Classic Tradition in Contemporary Art", the Walker Art Center Minneapolis, Minn. April 24-June 28, 1953. reproduced p. 14 of catalogue.

"Cubism", 40th Anniversary Exhibition Arts Club of Chicago, Oct. 3 - Nov. 4, 1955, no. 35 and reproduced.

"A Festival of Fine Arts", The School of Fine Arts, Southern Illinois University, Feb. 26-March 10, 1956, No. 17.