Delaunay, Robert. ...et le vraie ville s'étirait au-dessus de la ville scolaire, le monstre accroupi, impur et miroitant comme un dragon... (...and the true city stretched out over the scholastic city, the crouching monster, impure and dazzling as a dragon...) (plate, facing page 79) from La Relêve du matin (The Morning Relief Troops), 1928. One from an illustrated book with ten lithographs, composition (irreg.): 6 15/16 × 5 3/8" (17.6 × 13.7 cm); page (each): 8 11/16 × 6 9/16" (22 × 16.7 cm). Monroe Wheeler Fund, 445.1970.4. (Photo: MoMA)

...et le vraie ville s'étirait au-dessus de la ville scolaire, le monstre accroupi, impur et miroitant comme un dragon... (...and the true city stretched out over the scholastic city, the crouching monster, impure and dazzling as a dragon...) (plate, facing page 79) from La Relêve du matin (The Morning Relief Troops)

1928

Robert Delaunay

French, 1885–1941

Drawings & Prints

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Delaunay, Robert
Classification: Illustrated Book
Formatted Medium: One from an illustrated book with ten lithographs
Medium: from, illustrated, book, lithographs
Dimensions: composition (irreg.): 6 15/16 × 5 3/8" (17.6 × 13.7 cm); page (each): 8 11/16 × 6 9/16" (22 × 16.7 cm)
Departments: Drawings & Prints
Accession Number: 445.1970.4
Credit Line: Monroe Wheeler Fund