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Lot 657:

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Raphael Delorme, 'La Danse,' Signed Art Nouveau Deco Oil Painting

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Start price: $3,000

Estimated price: $4,000 - $12,000

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Description

Keywords: La Danse, The Dance, French Art, Art Deco, Bordeaux School, Female Figure, Dancer, Symbolism, Neoclassical, Neo Classical, Jean Dupas, Jean Despujols, French Modernism, Signed Painting

Summary:
Raphaël Delorme (French, 1885-1962), La Danse (‘The Dance’), oil on canvas. Large Art Deco composition depicting a female dancer within an arched architectural setting, her figure posed dramatically before an expansive landscape. A second figure appears at lower right, while stylized floral and geometric elements frame the composition.

Signed ‘R. Delorme’ lower right and titled ‘LA DANSE’ along the lower center. Executed in the strong academic technique and neoclassical vocabulary associated with the Bordeaux School and French Art Deco.

Delorme’s paintings are closely associated with the Bordeaux School and the work of contemporaries including Jean Dupas and Jean Despujols. His compositions characteristically combine academic draftsmanship with Art Deco classicism, symbolism, irony and occasional visual puns. His use of architectural settings and carefully constructed perspective also reflects his background in stage design.

During his lifetime, Delorme exhibited at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Salon des Tuileries, and Salon d’Automne, including exhibitions during the early 1920s. Although he experienced limited commercial success during his lifetime, his work has subsequently received renewed attention within the study and market for French Art Deco painting.
Measurement: Art: 39 1/2 x 32 in. (100.3 x 81.3 cm.) approx

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Bidders are encouraged to carefully review all photographs and, when possible, examine items in person prior to bidding. Photographs form an integral part of each lot’s description. The absence of a condition report, notation, or reference to damage does not imply that an item is free from defects, restoration, wear, or other condition issues. All items are sold as is, where is, and may show signs of age, use, wear, repair, or prior restoration. By placing a bid, bidders acknowledge and agree to the Terms and Conditions of Sale.
All descriptions, catalog statements, condition reports, reflect an opinion based on the information provided to us at the time of cataloging. Any certificates of authenticity, if provided by consignor, will be noted in the catalog. Clocks and watches are not warranted or represented to keep accurate time. We strongly recommend that all vintage lighting be examined or rewired prior to use.
Auction Galleries reselling works do not issue Certificates of Authenticity. COA’s should best be sought from the original artist or their foundations, which often refrain from giving written authentication opinions.  Accordingly, works are sold as  ATTRIBUTED to the artist or maker named in the description. These attributions reflect an OPINION and are intended to provide collectors, researchers, and institutions the opportunity to study and further contextualize the material offered or establish a work’s art-historical significance.