Sonia Delaunay, la Simultanée
October 3 — November 16, 2024

Sonia Delaunay, la Simultanée

Galerie Roger-Viollet X Galerie Zlotowski

Galerie Zlotowski and Galerie Roger-Viollet join forces to present original works by Sonia Delaunay alongside photos evoking the artist's world.

Abstract painter, fashion designer, graphic artist, successful entrepreneur, godmother of abstraction, explorer of artistic media—Sonia Delaunay managed to be all of these things almost simultaneously. This profusion can be explained by a conception of art that transcended the traditional framework of drawing and canvas and set out to conquer life itself.
Sonia Delaunay was forever breaking down the boundaries between the visual and the decorative arts, whilst remaining faithful to the principles of Simultanism, a concept of abstraction based on interactions between colours that she developed with her husband Robert in the 1910s.
The exhibition features emblematic works of this colourful abstraction, with drawings on paper and paintings on canvas (from 1907 to 1979, the year of the artist’s death).
But “Sonia Delaunay, la Simultanée” goes still further, showing pieces that are emblematic of the taste for innovation and exploration that made Sonia Delaunay’s career so original: fashion drawings, book covers, tapestry projects, graphic experiments, lithographs and, even more unexpectedly, a mosaic and playing card designs!

Horizontal mosaic 3/8 1954-2003 © Pracusa 20240531

Horizontal mosaic 3/8
1954-2003
© Pracusa 20240531
100 x 300 cm

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Signal. 1970 © Pracusa 20240531

Signal. 1970
© Pracusa 20240531
65 x 50 cm

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À jour. 1970 © Pracusa 20240531

À jour. 1970
© Pracusa 20240531
65 x 50 cm

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Cover design (recto) for the book of Jacques Damase, “Dresses poems”. Paris, 1969. © Pracusa 20240531

Cover design (recto) for the book of Jacques Damase, “Dresses poems”. Paris, 1969.
© Pracusa 20240531
31 x 21,5 cm

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With some forty works on show, “Sonia Delaunay, la Simultanée” is held jointly at Galerie Zlotowski and Galerie Roger-Viollet.
The final part of the exhibition, in the Galerie Roger-Viollet, is devoted to works that fall outside the field of drawing or painting stricto sensu. These are the playful and surprising projects that Sonia Delaunay ventured into throughout her long career.

All works : © Pracusa

Cover project for the German art magazine Der Ararat. 1917, Paris. © Pracusa 20240531

Cover project for the German art magazine Der Ararat.
1917, Paris.
© Pracusa 20240531
28,5 x 21,5 cm

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Zénith, study 1913-14, Paris © Pracusa 20240531

Zénith, study
1913-14, Paris
© Pracusa 20240531
19,8 x 25,4 cm

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The train goes fast – Félix AUBLET (1903-1978) 1937

The train goes fast – Félix AUBLET (1903-1978)
1937
40 x 40 cm

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Cover project for Album n°1 1916, Portugal © Pracusa 20240531

Cover project for Album n°1
1916, Portugal
© Pracusa 20240531
23 x 21 cm

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Composition - Tapestry design 1940-1942 © Pracusa 20240531

Composition - Tapestry design
1940-1942
© Pracusa 20240531
50,9 x 35 cm

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King of Diamonds - Study for a card game Paris, 1959 © Pracusa 20240531

King of Diamonds - Study for a card game
Paris, 1959
© Pracusa 20240531
18,4 x 12 cm (composition)
23,5 x 16,5 cm (sheet)

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King of spades - Study for a card game Paris, 1959 © Pracusa 20240531

King of spades - Study for a card game
Paris, 1959
© Pracusa 20240531
18 x 12 cm (composition)
23 x 18 cm (sheet)

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Rhythm. 1970 © Pracusa 20240531

Rhythm. 1970
© Pracusa 20240531
65 x 50,5 cm

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Color rhythm or Totem Circa 1965 © Pracusa 20240531

Color rhythm or Totem
Circa 1965
© Pracusa 20240531
65 x 50 cm

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Galerie Roger-Viollet also presents photos from the Roger-Viollet collection, evoking the world of Sonia Delaunay through the artists and places she frequented.

Blaise Cendrars. Paris, circa 1925. Photo Henri Martinie

Blaise Cendrars. Paris, circa 1925.
Photo Henri Martinie
30x40 cm print

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Tristan Tzara. Paris, circa 1925. Photo Henri Martinie

Tristan Tzara. Paris, circa 1925.
Photo Henri Martinie
30x40 cm print

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René Crevel. Paris, circa 1930. Photo Henri Martinie

René Crevel. Paris, circa 1930.
Photo Henri Martinie
30x40 cm print

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Jean Arp in his studio. Clamart, circa 1960. Photo Jack Nisberg

Jean Arp in his studio. Clamart, circa 1960.
Photo Jack Nisberg
30x40 cm print

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Fernand Léger in his studio. Paris, circa 1925. Photo Pierre Choumoff

Fernand Léger in his studio. Paris, circa 1925.
Photo Pierre Choumoff
30x40 cm print

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Portrait of Robert Delaunay for the catalogue of his exhibition “Fenêtres“ (Windows) at Der Sturm Gallery, Berlin. 1912-1913. Anonymous photo

Portrait of Robert Delaunay for the catalogue of his exhibition “Fenêtres“ (Windows) at Der Sturm Gallery, Berlin. 1912-1913.
Anonymous photo
40x60 cm print

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Robert Delaunay at his home, 19 boulevard Malesherbes, in front of a curtain-poem by Philippe Soupault embroidered by Sonia Delaunay. On the door, a poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky. Paris, 1924. Photo Thérèse Bonney

Robert Delaunay at his home, 19 boulevard Malesherbes, in front of a curtain-poem by Philippe Soupault embroidered by Sonia Delaunay. On the door, a poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky. Paris, 1924.
Photo Thérèse Bonney
40x50 cm print

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Sonia Delaunay at her home, 19 boulevard Malesherbes. Paris, 1924. Anonymous photo

Sonia Delaunay at her home, 19 boulevard Malesherbes. Paris, 1924.
Anonymous photo
40x50 cm print

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Sonia Delaunay, right, wearing one of her models. 1926. Anonymous photo

Sonia Delaunay, right, wearing one of her models. 1926.
Anonymous photo
40x50 cm print

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Jacqueline Chaumont in the Pierrot Éclair costume designed by Sonia Delaunay for René Le Somptier's film “Le P'tit Parigot“. Paris, 1926. Photo Pierre Choumoff

Jacqueline Chaumont in the Pierrot Éclair costume designed by Sonia Delaunay for René Le Somptier's film “Le P'tit Parigot“. Paris, 1926.
Photo Pierre Choumoff
30x40 cm print

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Jacqueline Chaumont in the Pierrot Éclair costume designed by Sonia Delaunay for René Le Somptier's film “Le P'tit Parigot“. Paris, 1926. Photo Pierre Choumoff

Jacqueline Chaumont in the Pierrot Éclair costume designed by Sonia Delaunay for René Le Somptier's film “Le P'tit Parigot“. Paris, 1926.
Photo Pierre Choumoff
30x40 cm print

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Sonia Delaunay. Paris, 1979. Photo Janine Niepce

Sonia Delaunay. Paris, 1979.
Photo Janine Niepce
40x50 cm print

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Sonia Delaunay in 1957. Anonymous photo

Sonia Delaunay in 1957.
Anonymous photo
30x40 cm print

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Model by Robert Delaunay of the decoration for the entrance to the network hall of the Railway Pavilion. International Exhibition of Arts and Techniques Applied to Modern Life. Paris, 1937. Anonymous photo

Model by Robert Delaunay of the decoration for the entrance to the network hall of the Railway Pavilion. International Exhibition of Arts and Techniques Applied to Modern Life. Paris, 1937.
Anonymous photo
30x40 cm print

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Decorative panels by Robert Delaunay in the main staircase of the main hall of the Railway Pavilion. International Exhibition of Arts and Techniques Applied to Modern Life. Paris, 1937. Photo Thérèse Bonney

Decorative panels by Robert Delaunay in the main staircase of the main hall of the Railway Pavilion. International Exhibition of Arts and Techniques Applied to Modern Life. Paris, 1937.
Photo Thérèse Bonney
40x50 cm print

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Mural painting by Sonia Delaunay entitled “Portugal“, in the main staircase of the main hall of the Pavillon des Chemins de Fer. International Exhibition of Arts and Techniques Applied to Modern Life. Paris, 1937. Photo Thérèse Bonney

Mural painting by Sonia Delaunay entitled “Portugal“, in the main staircase of the main hall of the Pavillon des Chemins de Fer. International Exhibition of Arts and Techniques Applied to Modern Life. Paris, 1937.
Photo Thérèse Bonney
40x50 cm print

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Caudion-Renault C 714 plane hanging in the Aeronautics Pavilion decorated by the Art et Lumière association, painted by Félix Aublet and Robert Delaunay. International Exhibition of Arts and Techniques Applied to Modern Life. Paris, 1937. Photo Thérèse Bonney

Caudion-Renault C 714 plane hanging in the Aeronautics Pavilion decorated by the Art et Lumière association, painted by Félix Aublet and Robert Delaunay. International Exhibition of Arts and Techniques Applied to Modern Life. Paris, 1937.
Photo Thérèse Bonney
50x60 cm print

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Interior view of the tapered hall of the Aeronautics Pavilion decorated by the Art et Lumière association, painted by Félix Aublet and Robert Delaunay. International Exhibition of Arts and Techniques Applied to Modern Life. Paris, 1937. Photo Thérèse Bonney

Interior view of the tapered hall of the Aeronautics Pavilion decorated by the Art et Lumière association, painted by Félix Aublet and Robert Delaunay. International Exhibition of Arts and Techniques Applied to Modern Life. Paris, 1937.
Photo Thérèse Bonney
50x60 cm print

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Jacques Dutronc interviewing Sonia Delaunay at the Galerie du XXe siècle for the television programme “Quatre temps“. Paris, 19 November 1968. Photo André Perlstein

Jacques Dutronc interviewing Sonia Delaunay at the Galerie du XXe siècle for the television programme “Quatre temps“. Paris, 19 November 1968.
Photo André Perlstein
40x60 cm print

available