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Robert Delaunay
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La Tour Eiffel, 1910/11
- The Eiffel Tower
- Oil on canvas
- 130 x 97 cm
- Acquired in 1964 with the support of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Inv. G 341
- CommentaryWith his depiction of the Eiffel Tower, the symbol of Paris built in 1889 as a spectacular example of French engineering, Robert Delaunay produced a shocking scenario of the decline and fall of the modern world. His admiration for industrial progress contrasts with his pictorial destruction of the architectural construction, to the point of a formal dissolution of the motif. Its only remaining relation to the city is the view of the curved paths on the Champ de Mars. The tower itself, exploded into schematic pieces, traverses the painting diagonally, its tip covered by prism-like clouds.
Delaunay dedicated this painting, part of a series of about 15 of the Eiffel Tower, to his friend, the poet Guillaume Apollinaire, who wrote ardent poems and texts on the artist's work and on the modern metropolis of Paris. - Provenance1910/1911–[…]: Atelier des Künstlers, Paris | wohl 1913–11.1918: Guillaume Apollinaire (1880–1918), Paris | 11.1918–[…]: Jacqueline Apollinaire (1891–1967), Paris, erworben durch Erbgang | frühestens 1936–04.1964: Bernard Poissonnier (1898–ca. 2000), Paris | 04.1964–09.1964: Mathias Fels Galerie, Mathias Fels (1922–2009), Paris, u. Galerie Dr. Werner Rusche, Dr. Werner Rusche (1907–1976), Köln, in Kommission | seit 09.1964: Museum Folkwang, Essen, erworben mit Unterstützung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
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Die Untersuchung erfolgte im Rahmen des vom Deutschen Zentrum Kulturgutverluste geförderten Projekts zur Bestandsprüfung (01.10.2019–30.09.2020). - Obj_Id: 2,954
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- Obj_Title1_S: La Tour Eiffel
- Obj_Title2_S: The Eiffel Tower
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- Obj_SpareMField01_M (Alle Titel): La Tour Eiffel The Eiffel Tower
- Obj_Dating_S: 1910/11
- Jahr von: 1,910
- Jahr bis: 1,911
- Obj_IdentNr_S: G 341
- Obj_IdentNrSort_S: G 0341
- Obj_Classification_S (Objtyp): Painting
- Obj_Crate_S: 130 x 97 cm
- Obj_Material_S: Oil on canvas
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- Obj_AccNote_S (Erwerb): Acquired in 1964 with the support of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
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Robert Delaunay
- Commentary
- Artists
- Provenance
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With his depiction of the Eiffel Tower, the symbol of Paris built in 1889 as a spectacular example of French engineering, Robert Delaunay produced a shocking scenario of the decline and fall of the modern world. His admiration for industrial progress contrasts with his pictorial destruction of the architectural construction, to the point of a formal dissolution of the motif. Its only remaining relation to the city is the view of the curved paths on the Champ de Mars. The tower itself, exploded into schematic pieces, traverses the painting diagonally, its tip covered by prism-like clouds.
Delaunay dedicated this painting, part of a series of about 15 of the Eiffel Tower, to his friend, the poet Guillaume Apollinaire, who wrote ardent poems and texts on the artist's work and on the modern metropolis of Paris.