Robert Delaunay - The Runners, 1925 - On Paper
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Limited Edition of 150
'Delaunay was fascinated by sport, which for him was bound up with an optimism about the future,’ says Jean-Marc Decrop, who owns the original of this painting. ‘It is part of that early 20th-century hope for the advance of science.’ Delaunay painted numerous versions of The Runners. Some are entirely representational; others, like this one, are ‘somewhere between cubism and abstraction.’ In all of them, the artist play with the juxtaposition of the runners’ striped shirts. ‘Those experiments connect to the scientific theories of Michel Chevreul, who showed how some colours change when contrasted with others, says Decrop. ‘It makes for a painting that is bright and very joyful.'
Unframed: 54,7 x 45,3 cm - Framed: 57,7 x 48,3 cm
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