Robert Delaunay (1885-1941)
Bretonne, Ecarteuse de Goëmon
signed and dated 'Robert Delaunay 06' (upper left); signed again, titled and inscribed 'R. Delaunay Ecarteuse de Goëmon N 2 Les Indépendants, Paris' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
25 x 23 ¼ in. (63.4 x 59.1 cm.)
Painted in Brittany in 1906
Provenance
Galerie Louis Carré, Paris (by October 1947). Olga Carré, Paris (by descent from the above); Estate sale, Artcurial, Paris, 10 December 2002, lot 203. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
G. Habasque and P. Francastel, Robert Delaunay, Du cubisme à l'art abstrait, Paris, 1957, p. 247, no. 16 (dated 1905).
Exhibited
Paris, Salon des Artistes Indépendants, 1906, no. 1307. Musée de Lyon, Robert et Sonia Delaunay, June-October 1959, no. 7.