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DELAUNAY, Robert (1885-1941)

"THE EIFFEL TOWER"

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.

Collection:  M. 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.)

Exhibited:  "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, October 3 - November 4, 1955, no. 35 and reproduced.