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SONIA DELAUNAY (1885-1979)
Marché au Minho, Portugal
oil and encaustic on canvas
44 1/2 x 54 7/8 in. (113 x 139.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1915-1916
Provenance
The artist, until at least 1960, no. 563.
Manuel de Brito Collection, Portugal.
Galerias Yela, Lisbon.
Private collection, USA, by whom acquired from the above in 1979, and thence by descent.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1995.
Literature
J. Damase, Sonia Delaunay Rhythms and Colours, London, 1972, p. 110 (illustrated; titled 'Market. Study from Nature. Portugal' and dated '1916').
S. Baron & J. Damase, Sonia Delaunay The Life of an Artist, London, 1995, p. 55 (illustrated; titled 'Market' and dated '1916').
Exhibited
Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Robert e Sonia Delaunay March 1960, no. 75, p. 75 (illustrated; titled 'Mercato, Studio dal Naturale, N. 563, Portugallo (Marché. Etude après nature)' and dated '1916').
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