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Title:La Tour simultanée [Simultaneous Views of the Tower]
Artist:Robert Delaunay (French, Paris 1885–1941 Montpellier)
Date:1910–11
Medium:Gouache, pen and India ink and brown ink, colored pencils over pencil on parchment
Dimensions:24 7/8 × 18 7/8 in. (63.2 × 47.9 cm)
Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:Promised Gift from the Leonard A. Lauder Cubist Collection
Inscription: Signed, dated, and inscribed (lower left): à Herwarth / Walden / R. Delaunay / 1910; inscribed (center left): La Tour Simultanée / Haut / Bas; signed, dated, and inscribed (verso): "la Tour 1910 / R. Delaunay / 19 Blvd. malesherbes
the artist, Paris (until 1911; his gift by December 1911 to Walden); Herwarth Walden, Berlin (1911–ca. 1914; transfer ca. August 1914 to Guillaume); Paul Guillaume, Paris (ca. August 1914; possibly ca. 1921 to the artist); probably the artist, Paris (after 1921; probably sold in 1922 to Guillaume); Paul Guillaume, Paris (from 1922; probably sold by 1934 to private collection); private collection, London (probably by 1934); (sale, Phillips, London, November 30, 1987, no. 169, sold to Blondeau); Marc Blondeau S.A., Paris (1987–90; sold on March 13, 1990 to private collection); private collection, France (1990–2015; sale, Christie's, New York, May 11, 2015, no. 10A, sold to Acquavella); [Acquavella Galleries, New York, 2015–19; sold in 2019 to Lauder]; Leonard A. Lauder 2013 Revocable Trust, New York (2019–21); Leonard A. Lauder Cubist Trust (from 2021)
Munich. Moderne Galerie. "Die erste Ausstellung der Redaktion: Der Blaue Reiter," December 18, 1911–early 1912, no. 19 (as "Zeichnung," lent by a private collection).
Paris. Galerie Barbazanges. "Les Peintres R. Delaunay, Marie Laurencin," February 28–March 13, 1912, no. 18 (as "Etude pour la Tour," 1910) [probably this picture].
Berlin. Galerie Der Sturm. "Erste Ausstellung: Der Blaue Reiter, Franz Flaum, Oskar Kokoschka, Expressionisten," March 12–before April 12, 1912, no. 19 (as "Studie zu 'La Tour'") [possibly this picture].
Paris. Galerie Paul Guillaume. ca. August 1914 [possibly this picture].
Paris. Galerie Paul Guillaume. "Robert Delaunay," May 27–June 10, 1922, no. 10 or no. 25 (as "La Tour") [probably this picture].
Kunstmuseum Bern. "Sonia and Robert Delaunay," November 15, 1991–February 9, 1992, no. 22 (as "Der Simultanturm [La Tour simultanée]," 1910, lent by a private collection, Paris).
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. "Passions privées: Collections particulières d’art moderne et contemporain en France," December 1995–March 1996, no. 3 (section A 10).
Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin. "Visions of Paris: Robert Delaunay's Series," November 7, 1997–January 4, 1998, no. 31.
New York. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. "Visions of Paris: Robert Delaunay's Series," January 16–April 25, 1998, no. 31.
Paris. Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou. "Robert Delaunay, 1906–1914: De l’Impressionnisme à l’Abstraction," June–August 1999, unnumbered cat. (p. 142).
Danielle Molinari and Alexandrine Gobry inPassions privées: Collections particulières d'art moderne et contemporain en France. Exh. cat., Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Paris, 1995, p. 148, section A 10, no. 3, ill. pp. 147 (installation photo in the home of private collector, France), 149 (color).
Sophie Goetzmann. "De >>chercher à voir<< à >>apprendre à voir<< Ludwig Meidner et les 'Tours Eiffel' de Robert Delaunay." Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte 74, no. 4 (2011), p. 528, ill. p. 529.
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