Following on from the sale of tapestries and carpets held this time last year, the auction house is now focusing on prints and fashion courtesy of a private French collection of late works by the artist.
Textiles and fashion were important elements of Delaunay’s oeuvre throughout her career, going back to the time when she designed costumes for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes.
As well as a selection of limited edition lithographs from the 1960s and ‘70s, the sale offers scarves, tablecloths and evening bags from the ’70s that revisit some of her dramatic and boldly coloured themes, many of them produced as editions for Artcurial.
Pictured here is a c.1975 silk Diaghilev pattern scarf numbered 10/30 from an Artcurial edition. It measures 2ft 2in x 5ft 8in (66.5cm x 1.73m), is signed in the design, and comes in its Editions Artcurial box with certificate.
The estimate is €300-500.
