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Andre Delfau "Ladies of the Night" Oil Painting.
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Andre Delfau "Ladies of the Night" Oil Painting.

1940 - 1960
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ANDRE DELFAU oil painting.

A large French cubist oil on canvas depicting nude girls in a Paris street. Circa 1950s. Delfau, born 1914 painted scene sets and costumes for the Opera in Paris and also worked in India, Burma and Japan. This beautiful example has not been restored. This work probably depicts a scene of girls from a Paris brothel. A most unusual painting.

Title: “Ladies of the night”

Medium: Oil on original canvas

Provenance: Private French collection

Size: c. 24 x 29 inches unframed

Condition: Unlined and unrestored

André Delfau specialised in painting dance and the theatre and also produced a number of stage sets and costumes for the Opéra in Paris and the Théâtre de l’Odéon. He also worked in Morocco, India, Burma and Japan.

His dancing, acrobatic, cavorting Harlequins are developed in arabesque movements.

Few Auction Records

Paris, 22 March 1982: Sleeping Beauty (17¼ × 21¼ ins/44 × 54 cm) FRF 8,000; Moroccan Hammam (gouache, 17¼ × 21¼ ins/44 × 54 cm) FRF 5,000

Physical Dimensions
Height
61cm (24.02")
Width
73.7cm (29.02")
Declaration

Country Homes Antiques Stirling has dated this Mid Century Oil Painting to the 1950s.

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SA1079258
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ANDRE DELFAU oil painting.

A large French cubist oil on canvas depicting nude girls in a Paris street. Circa 1950s.

“
Delfau, born 1914 painted scene sets and costumes for the Opera in Paris and also worked in India, Burma and Japan.
Country Homes Antiques Stirling

This beautiful example has not been restored. This work probably depicts a scene of girls from a Paris brothel. A most unusual painting.

fig 1. A mid-century modern oil painting depicting figurative female forms in a surrealist architectural space rendered in tones of teal, blue, red, and ochre.
fig 1. Andre Delfau "Ladies of the Night" Oil Painting.

Title: “Ladies of the night”

Medium: Oil on original canvas

Provenance: Private French collection

Size: c. 24 x 29 inches unframed

Condition: Unlined and unrestored

André Delfau specialised in painting dance and the theatre and also produced a number of stage sets and costumes for the Opéra in Paris and the Théâtre de l’Odéon. He also worked in Morocco, India, Burma and Japan.

fig 2. A mid-century modern oil painting depicting figurative female forms in a surrealist architectural space rendered in tones of teal, blue, red, and ochre.
fig 2. Andre Delfau "Ladies of the Night" Oil Painting.

His dancing, acrobatic, cavorting Harlequins are developed in arabesque movements.

Few Auction Records

Paris, 22 March 1982: Sleeping Beauty (17¼ × 21¼ ins/44 × 54 cm) FRF 8,000; Moroccan Hammam (gouache, 17¼ × 21¼ ins/44 × 54 cm) FRF 5,000

Height
61cm (24.02")
Width
73.7cm (29.02")
Date of Manufacture

Country Homes Antiques Stirling has dated this Mid Century Oil Painting to the 1950s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1079258
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Archive I A mid-century modern oil painting depicting figurative female forms in a surrealist architectural space rendered in tones of teal, blue, red, and ochre.

Andre Delfau "Ladies of the Night" Oil Painting.

Archive II A mid-century modern oil painting depicting figurative female forms in a surrealist architectural space rendered in tones of teal, blue, red, and ochre. View II
Archive III A mid-century modern oil painting depicting figurative female forms in a surrealist architectural space rendered in tones of teal, blue, red, and ochre. View III
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