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When we last visited Sonia Delaunay it was to introduce her painting 'Hommage à Blériot' and we are pleased to see her name again as the subject of an exhibition at London's Tate Modern where they are holding retrospectives to five under-sung female artists. Delaunay spent two years working on three large murals for the 1937 Paris International Exhibition of Arts and Technology in Modern Life - Propeller, engine & instrument panel.

Many will have seen the picture of the Delaunay Citroen with two fur-clad ladies ( SD at the wheel?)  but we believe this image shows the artist herself beside a more sumptuous car, and here is the same car with more Delaunay-fashioned ladies. We believe it may be the artist's Talbot - can you confirm? The exhibition closes August 9. (Good review HERE)

(Text Robin Batchelor)

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donderdag juli 9th, 2015
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11 Juli 2015, 05:55
It's just a shame it's in black and white. It must have been stunning!
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10 Juli 2015, 23:53
I think it is an ARIES type CC2. Wind screen, center of front wheel , Ducellier headlightsn, low-engine protection ,radiator are good details for this model. it has a shorter chassis than the CC4 model.
Philippe
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10 Juli 2015, 12:05
Donnet-Zedel ?

https://www.google.ch/search?q=donnet+zedel&biw=1193&bih=705&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=TbSfVYmkCae-ygPGqa4o&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ#imgrc=_
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10 Juli 2015, 08:01
This is not a Citroen B12 and not even an B2 or A : different radiator ; windscreen , wheels
Maybe Mathis early twenties ?
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10 Juli 2015, 08:01
Not so sure, Robin. The Delaunays bought the Talbot in 1924, and this looks a later car, don’t you think?

It’s not Sonia at the wheel of the B12 at the 1925 Exposition de Arts Décoratifs, and both of the later shots feature a model, too – in the second one, the same woman is in the centre, sporting a different outfit but the same cloche and shoes.

(It was her husband Robert who painted the Hommages a Blériot series, not Sonia).

Nice shots though - thanks!
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10 Juli 2015, 06:07
http://parisfashiongirl.blogspot.ae/2013/05/Missonizigzagprint.html

I don't remember linking this last time the Delaunay was shown here, but it's a must see.
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10 Juli 2015, 05:32
Is this really a Citroen B12 from 1925? In my eyes the Radiator edge looks very hard to be a Citroen from the time 1925 - 1928.

Sorry no clue abouth the second car if it is a Talbot

Beat
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