Museum Folkwang Collection Online
Les Fenêtres sur la ville
  • Robert Delaunay

  • Les Fenêtres sur la ville, 1912

  • Windows Overlooking the City
  • Oil on canvas
  • 53 x 207 cm
  • Acquired in 1966 with the support of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk
  • Inv. G 352
  • CommentaryIn 1912, Robert Delaunay produced, in rapid succession, a series of window pictures, ›Les fenêtres simultanées‹. Artistically, these compositions are linked to views of Paris he had begun in 1909. Delaunay was initially interested in the motif of a windowpane reflecting and refracting light or mirroring new technologies such as Ferris wheels, the Eiffel Tower or street lights. Moreover, he was especially interested in adding a temporal dimension to traditional depictions of the visible world in a pictorial space in perspective, in order to illustrate a simultaneousness of events, views and experiences characteristic of a modern metropolis. In this frieze-like composition, Delaunay brings together themes from previous window pictures to form a panoramic view of Paris.
  • Provenance1912–mindestens 1926: Atelier des Künstlers, Paris | […]–[…]: Galerie David, Paris, in Kommission oder Eigentum | […]–[…]: Galerie Goldschmidt, Paris, in Kommission oder Eigentum | […]–1945: Galerie Bing, Paris, wohl Henri Bing (ca. 1888–1965), in Kommission oder Eigentum | 1945–1966: Prof. Dr. Walter Hadorn (1898–1986), Bern | 12.1965–12.1966: Galerie d’Art moderne, Marie-Suzanne Feigel (1916–2006), Basel, in Kommission | seit 12.1966: Museum Folkwang, Essen, erworben mit Unterstützung des Westdeutschen Rundfunks

    Provenienz in Abklärung

    Die Untersuchung erfolgte im Rahmen des vom Deutschen Zentrum Kulturgutverluste geförderten Projekts zur Bestandsprüfung (01.10.2019–30.09.2020).
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  • Obj_Internet_S: ja
  • Obj_Ownership_S (Verantw):Painting, Sculpture, Media Art
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  • Obj_Title1_S: Les Fenêtres sur la ville
  • Obj_Title2_S: Windows Overlooking the City
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  • Obj_Dating_S: 1912
  • Jahr von: 1,912
  • Jahr bis: 1,912
  • Obj_IdentNr_S: G 352
  • Obj_IdentNrSort_S: G 0352
  • Obj_Classification_S (Objtyp): Painting
  • Obj_Crate_S: 53 x 207 cm
  • Obj_Material_S: Oil on canvas
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  • Obj_AccNote_S (Erwerb): Acquired in 1966 with the support of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk
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In 1912, Robert Delaunay produced, in rapid succession, a series of window pictures, ›Les fenêtres simultanées‹. Artistically, these compositions are linked to views of Paris he had begun in 1909. Delaunay was initially interested in the motif of a windowpane reflecting and refracting light or mirroring new technologies such as Ferris wheels, the Eiffel Tower or street lights. Moreover, he was especially interested in adding a temporal dimension to traditional depictions of the visible world in a pictorial space in perspective, in order to illustrate a simultaneousness of events, views and experiences characteristic of a modern metropolis. In this frieze-like composition, Delaunay brings together themes from previous window pictures to form a panoramic view of Paris.