Delaunay, Robert. ...une grande ivresse de soleil, tragique comme certains éclats de rire, comme certains spasmes de fou rire qui secouent une étude du soir, des milliers de choses époisées, des milliers de choses à vif, une espèce de joie... (...a great intoxication of sunlight, tragic like certain bursts of laughter, like certain spasms of insane laughter that shake up a study of the evening, thousands of exhausted things, thousands of lively things, a sort of joy...) (plate, facing page 142) from La Relêve du matin (The Morning Relief Troops), 1928. One from an illustrated book with ten lithographs, composition (irreg.): 7 9/16 × 5 1/4" (19.2 × 13.3 cm); page (each): 8 11/16 × 6 9/16" (22 × 16.7 cm). Monroe Wheeler Fund, 445.1970.5. (Photo: MoMA)

...une grande ivresse de soleil, tragique comme certains éclats de rire, comme certains spasmes de fou rire qui secouent une étude du soir, des milliers de choses époisées, des milliers de choses à vif, une espèce de joie... (...a great intoxication of sunlight, tragic like certain bursts of laughter, like certain spasms of insane laughter that shake up a study of the evening, thousands of exhausted things, thousands of lively things, a sort of joy...) (plate, facing page 142) 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.): 7 9/16 × 5 1/4" (19.2 × 13.3 cm); page (each): 8 11/16 × 6 9/16" (22 × 16.7 cm)
Departments: Drawings & Prints
Accession Number: 445.1970.5
Credit Line: Monroe Wheeler Fund