2nd Representation Window Simultaneity City 1st Part 3 Motifs (Three-Part Windows)

Gallery 272, Modern and Contemporary Art, second floor (Alchin/Marryatt Gallery)

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2nd Representation Window Simultaneity City 1st Part 3 Motifs (Three-Part Windows)

1912

Robert Delaunay (French, 1885–1941)

The rainbow of colors and crystalline geometry of this painting suggest a landscape refracted through a prism. Slivers of the Eiffel Tower repeated across the top show Paris three times in a simultaneous, overlapping vista.

Gallery 272, Modern and Contemporary Art, second floor (Alchin/Marryatt Gallery)

Object Details

Title:

2nd Representation Window Simultaneity City 1st Part 3 Motifs (Three-Part Windows)
Three-Part Windows

Date:

1912

Artist:

Robert Delaunay (French, 1885–1941)

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

13 7/8 x 36 1/8 inches (35.2 x 91.8 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

A. E. Gallatin Collection, 1952

Accession Number:

1952-61-13

Geography:

Made in France, Europe

Provenance

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Gallery 272, Modern and Contemporary Art, second floor (Alchin/Marryatt Gallery)

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