▣ Robert Delaunay (로베르 들로네) - 20 Artworks - Auction Prices

Robert Delaunay (French, 1885-1941)

The World Record Price for Robert Delaunay at auction is 7,173,800 GBP (8,633,483 USD) for "Rythme Circulaire", sold at Sotheby's London on 1 March 2023.

Robert Delaunay Auction Results.
Price High to Low (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium).

Lot Sold. GBP 7,173,800 (USD 8,633,483)
Sotheby's London, 01 Mar 2023
< Rythme Circulaire >

[ 1937, Oil on canvas, 254 x 301 cm. 100 x 118½ in. ]

Lot Sold. GBP 3,737,250 (USD 5,904,855)
Christie's London, 07 Feb 2012
< Tour Eiffel >

[ 1926, Oil on canvas, 77 1/8 x 44 7/8 in. (196 x 114 cm.) ]

Lot Sold. USD 3,607,500
Christie's New York, 15 May 2017
< Femme à l’ombrelle ou La Parisienne >

[ Paris, 1913, oil on canvas, 48 3/8 x 35 ½ in. (122.8 x 90.2 cm.) ]

Lot Sold. USD 3,372,500
Christie's New York, 13 Nov 2017
< La Tour Eiffel >

[ Paris, 1928, oil on canvas, 31 7/8 x 25 5/8 in. (81.2 x 65.1 cm.) ]

① Lot Sold. USD 2,840,000
Christie's New York, 09 May 2007

② Lot Sold. GBP 1,983,750
Christie's London, 28 Jun 2000
< L'homme à la tulipe (Portrait de Jean Metzinger) >

[ 1906, oil on canvas, 28½ x 19 1/8 in. (72.4 x 48.5 cm.) ]

Lot Sold. EUR 2,337,500 (USD 2,884,054)
Sotheby's Paris, 04 Dec 2014
< Rythme, Joie de Vivre >

[ 1931, oil on canvas, 203.6 x 180.2 cm; 80 1/8 x 70 7/8 in. ]

Lot Sold. USD 2,430,000
Christie's New York, 13 May 2021
< Les Coureurs >

[ 1930, oil on canvas, 44 ½ x 57 ¼ in. (112.8 x 145.5 cm.) ]

Lot Sold. USD 2,405,000
Christie's New York, 11 May 2015
< La Tour simultanée >

[ 1910-1911, gouache, pen and India ink and brown ink, colored pencils over pencil on parchment, 24 7/8 x 18 7/8 in. (63.2 x 47.7 cm.) ]

Lot Sold. EUR 1,567,500
Christie's Paris, 19 Oct 2017
< Prismes électriques >

[ 1913, oil on canvas, 31 ¾ x 25 ½ in. (80.7 x 64.7 cm.) ]

Lot Sold. EUR 1,340,000
Christie's Paris, 22 Oct 2020
< Portugaise au potiron >

[ 1916, oil on canvas, 51 5/8 x 38 3/8 in. (131.2 x 97.5 cm.) ]

Lot Sold. USD 1,567,500
Christie's New York, 16 Nov 2016
< Hommage à Blériot, esquisse >

[ Paris, 1914, oil on canvas laid down on panel, 23 7/8 x 23 7/8 in. (60.6 x 60.6 cm.) ]

Lot Sold. GBP 736,000 (USD 1,377,792)
Christie's London, 07 Feb 2005
< Les trois graces >

[ 1912, oil on canvas, 81 x 68 in. (207 x 173 cm.) ]

Lot Sold. USD 1,212,500
Christie's New York, 16 May 2018
< La verseuse portugaise >

[ 1916, pastel over pencil on paper laid down along the edges on canvas, 29 ¾ x 41 ½ in. (75.5 x 105.6 cm.) ]

Lot Sold. USD 944,500

Sotheby's New York, 08 May 2002

< Rythme, No. 1 >

[ 1938, Oil on canvas, 160 x 128.3 cm. (63 x 50.5 in.) ]

Lot Sold. GBP 577,250 (USD 927,121 ) 

Sotheby's London, 22 Jun 2011

<  Portrait dHélène Marre et Disques colorés recto-verso >

[ 1913 - recto, 1923 - verso., Oil on canvas, 89 x 75.2cm. 35 x 29 5/8 in. - recto 80.5 x 67.5cm. 31 5/8 x 26 1/2 in. - verso ]

Lot Sold. EUR 754,000

Christie's Paris, 17 Oct 2019

< Étude pour "Air, fer et eau" >

[ circa 1936-37, gouache on paper, 19 1/8 x 29 5/8 in. 48.4 x 75.2 cm. ]

① Lot Sold. EUR 620,000

Christie's Paris, 14 Apr 2021

② Lot Sold. GBP 365,000

Christie's London, 01 Mar 2017

< Manège de cochons >

[ 1922, gouache and watercolour on paper, 20 5/8 x 19 ½ in. 52.5 x 49.5 cm. ]

Lot Sold. USD 698,500 

Sotheby's New York, 05 May 2010

< Homage a Blériot No.2 (fragment) >

[ 1913-14, Distemper on joined canvas, 42 1/8 x 71 5/8 in., 107 x 182 cm. ]

Lot Sold. USD 689,000

Christie's New York, 07 May 2014

< Relief Rythme >

[ Paris in 1933, oil, cement and cork on canvas laid down on cradled panel, 39¼ x 31¾ in. (99.6 x 80.7 cm.) ]

Lot Sold. USD 657,000 

Sotheby's New York, 08 May 2008

< Portugaise au Potiron >

[ 1916, Oil on linen, 51 1/4 x 38 1/4 in. 130 x 97 cm. ]

◐ Artist World Record ◑

에펠탑이 상징하는 테크놀로지의 승리와 기계주의 미학은 20세기 초반에 들어 파리에 근거지를 둔 이탈리아 출신의 작가들이 형성한 미래주의(Futurism)나 오르피즘(Orphism)을 중심으로 재해석되었다. 오르피즘은 1912년 시인 기욤 아폴리네르(Guillaume Apollinaire)가 로베르 들로네(Robert Delaunay)의 서정적이면서도 미래적인 그림을 보고 처음으로 사용된 비평 용어이다.

들로네의 오르피즘은 큐비즘과 미래주의를 절충한다는 비판을 받았지만 그의 에펠탑은 피카소나 브라크, 미래주의자들의 작품에서 느낄 수 없는 파리의 역동성과 현대적인 느낌을 가장 잘 보여준다.

특히 에펠탑을 여러 각도에서 그리면서도 에펠탑 주변의 건물을 함께 표현하여 들로네는 변화하는 파리의 풍경과 테크놀로지의 승리, 문명의 진보 등 파리의 현대성(modernity)을 시각적으로 표상하였다. 파리에서 가장 높은 구조물이자 철제로 만들어진 에펠탑은 고대의 아치, 오벨리스크, 수직의 원주 이상으로 모뉴멘털한 기념비였다. [ 정연심 홍익대학교 예술학과 교수 / 에펠탑과 오르피즘 ]