Andre Delfau
French, 1914 - 2000
Born in Paris, France in 1914, Andre Delfau was a French artist, and internationally acclaimed stage set and costume designer who worked world-wide from the 1930s to the 1980s. Early in his career, Delfau created fashion designs for such major Paris couture houses as Balmain, Jean Patou and Balenciaga. He completed set designs and costumes for the Royal Danish Ballet, the Royal Ballet of Great Britain, the Paris Opera, the Dance Theater of Harlem, the Ruth Page International Ballet, the Civic Ballet of Chicago, the Chicago Opera Ballet and the Lyric Opera of Chicago, among others. Most notably, Delfau designed the elaborate stage sets and costumes for the 1986 PBS television production of the Viennese operetta, "Die Fledermaus".
Delfau lived primarily in Paris and Chicago. He frequently traveled to Morocco, where one of his favorite subjects to paint was the historic Jemaa el-Fna market in Marrakesh. Late in life, he married Chicago ballet impresario Ruth Page. Delfau died in Chicago in 2000.
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Untitled (Figure), ca. 1948Watercolor on paper4 3/4 x 3 inches
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Figure on a Balcony with Bouquet of Flowers, ca. 1950Watercolor on paper5 x 4 1/4 inches
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Untitled (Flower Vendor), ca. 1950sGouache on paper4 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches
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Untitled (City at Night), ca. 1948Watercolor on paper4 x 5 inches
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Untitled (City Scene, Night), ca. 1948Watercolor on paper4 1/4 x 5 inches
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Untitled (Street Scene), ca. 1948Watercolor on paper4 1/4 x 7 inches
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#14642 -
Untitled (Chair, Apple and Fireplace Mantel), ca. 1948Watercolor on paper10 x 13 1/2 inches
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Untitled (La Vierge Marie), ca. 1948Watercolor on paper7 x 4 1/4 inches#14194
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City Scene with Oriental CarpetGouache on paper6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches#5418
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City Scene with Oriental CarpetsGouache on paper6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches#5419
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Interior Study with Figure, ca. 1950Gouache on paper5 x 6 1/2 inches#8392
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Untitled (Figure on a Balcony), ca. 1948Watercolor on paper5 x 6 1/2 inches
Estate stamped on reverse.
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Landscape and Rooftops, ca. 1948Gouache on paper6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches
Signed Delfau, lower right
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Landscape and Rooftops, ca. 1948Gouache on paper6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches
Signed Delfau, lower right.
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Horse and Carriage, ca. 1948Gouache on paper6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches
Signed Delfau, lower right.
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Untitled (Acrobats), ca. 1950sWatercolor on paper5 1/2 x 6 inches
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Untitled (Acrobats), ca, 1950sWatercolor on paper5 1/2 x 6 inches
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Moroccan SceneGouache on paper5 x 6 inches#5833
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Untitled (City Scene & Harbor View), ca. 1948Gouache on paper4 1/2 x 6 inches
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Untitled (City Scene & Harbor View), ca. 1948Gouache on paper4 1/2 x 6 inches
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Untitled (Beach Scene & Fishing Boat), ca. 1948Watercolor on paper7 x 8 inches
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Untitled (Beach Scene & Fishing Boats), ca. 1948Watercolor on paper7 x 8 inches
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Untitled (Fishing Boats on the Beach), ca. 1948Watercolor on paper5 1/4 x 8 inches
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Sailors with Nets, ca. 1948Gouache on paper5 1/2 x 8 inches
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Garden Scene, ca. 1948Gouache on paper6 1/4 x 9 inches
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Untitled (Harbor Scene), ca. 1950sWatercolor on paper6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches
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Market Bazaar (Vendors and Street Performers), ca. 1948Gouache on paper6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches
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Untitled (Flower Vendor), ca. 1950sGouache on paper4 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches
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Untitled (Flower Vendor), ca. 1948Watercolor on paper8 x 5 1/4 inches
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#14138 -
Market Bazaar (Vendors and Umbrellas), ca. 1948Gouache on paper6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches
Estate stamped on reverse.
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Market Bazaar (Fruit Vendors)Gouache on paper6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches#5454
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Market BazaarGouache on paper
Signed Delfau, lower right
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Market BazaarGouache on paper6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches#5499
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Untitled (Harbor Scene & Fishing Boats), ca. 1948Gouache on paper6 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches
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Landscape and Rooftops, ca. 1948Gouache on paper6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches
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Landscape and Rooftops, ca. 1948Gouache on paper6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches
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Untitled (Street Scene), ca. 1948Watercolor on paper4 1/4 x 7 inches
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#14647 -
Landscape and Rooftops, ca. 1950sWatercolor on paper6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches
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Untitled (View from a Balcony), ca. 1950Watercolor on paper11 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches
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View from a Balcony, ca. 1950sWatercolor on paper7 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches
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#5384 -
Landscape and Rooftops, ca. 1948Gouache and watercolor on paper6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches
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Landscape and Rooftops, ca. 1948Gouache on paper6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches
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Untited (New York City at Night), ca. 1950sWatercolor on paper6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches
Signed Delfau, lower right
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View of New York City, ca. 1950sWatercolor on paper6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches
Signed Delfau, lower right
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Untitled (Study, Figure & Doorway), ca. 1948Watercolor on Paper4 x 2 3/4 inches
Estate stamped on reverse
#14687 -
Untitled (Study, Figures & Doorway), ca. 1948Watercolor on paper3 3/4 x 2 1/2 inches
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#14688 -
Untitled (Study, Figure & Doorway), ca. 1948Watercolor on paper4 x 2 1/2 inches
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#14690 -
Untitled (Study, Figure & Doorway), ca. 1948Watercolor on paper4 x 2 1/2 inches
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#14689 -
Untitled (Study, Figure & Doorway), ca. 1948Watercolor on Paper4 3/4 x 3 inches
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Untitled (Study, Figure & Doorway), ca. 1948Watercolor on paper6 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches
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#14075 -
Untitled (Study, Figure & Doorway), ca. 1948Watercolor on paper6 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches
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#14074 -
Untitled (Beach Scene), ca. 1950sGouache on paper4 x 6 inches
Estate stamped on reverse.
#8008 -
Beach Scene, ca. 1948Gouache on paper5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches
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#5856 -
Untitled (Man Reading Beside his Dog), ca. 1950Watercolor on paper10 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches
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#8411 -
Untitled (Kneeling Male, Bather), ca. 1950Watercolor on paper10 x 13 3/4 inches
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#14166 -
Untitled (Coastal Scene, Figure Reading), ca. 1950sWatercolor on paper10 x 13 1/2 inches
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#14495 -
Woman in an Interior by the Sea, ca. 1950sGouache on paper6 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches
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Woman in an Interior, ca. 1950sGouache on paper9 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches
Signed Delfau, lower right.
#5404 -
Untitled (Jouer au volley-ball), ca. 1950sOil on Masonite6 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches
Provenance: Estate of the artist
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Flags and Banners, ca. 1950sGouache on paper10 1/2 x 15 inches
Signed Delfau, lower right; Estate stamped on reverse
#5748 -
LandscapeGouache on paper5 x 6 1/2 inches#8405
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Street SceneGouache on paper6 1/2 x 5 inches#8403
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Street SceneGouache on paper6 1/2 x 5 inches#8404
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Le cycliste, ca. 1950sGouache on paper3 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches
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Untitled (Street Scene), ca. 1948Watercolor on paper7 x 4 1/4 inches
Estate stamped on reverse.
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Untitled (Rooftops), ca. 1950sOil on canvas8 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches
Signed Delfau lower right.
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Untitled (Abstraction), ca. 1950sOil on canvas board6 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches
Signed Delfau, lower right.
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Buildings (Windows & Doors)Watercolor on paper16 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches#5650
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Stage Design (Hamlet)Watercolor, ink and graphite on paper12 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches
Signed Delfau lower right; titled on reverse.
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Stage Design (Hamlet)Watercolor, ink and graphite on paper12 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches#5662
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Stage Design for an OperaWatercolor and graphite on paper19 3/4 x 25 1/2 inches#5657
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Stage DesignGouache on paper13 x 20 inches#5663
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Stage Design (Interior Scene)Gouache on paper13 1/4 x 16 inches#5664
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Stage Design (Interior Scene)Gouache and watercolor on paper13 1/2 x 16 3/4 inches#5669
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Stage Design (Interior Scene)Gouache on paper15 x 18 inches#5665
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Stage Design , ca. 1950Gouache on paper14 1/2 x 17 inches
Estate stamped on reverse.
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Stage Design (A Capriccio of Stairways and Arches)Gouache on paper13 3/4 x 18 1/2 inches#5694
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Stage Design (Britannicus), 1951Gouache on paper13 x 16 1/2 inches
Signed Delfau lower right; signed and dated on reverse.
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Stage Design (Couple Dancing), ca. 1950sGouache on paper11 1/4 x 15 inches#5693
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Stage Design (Andromaque)Gouache, watercolor and ink on paper13 1/4 x 19 inches
Titled lower right
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Stage Design (A Capriccio of Columns and Archways)Gouache on paper12 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches#5689
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Stage Design (A Capriccio with a Temple & Figures)Gouache on paper14 x 17 inches#5695
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Stage DesignGouache on paper15 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches#5696
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Stage Design (Archways)Ink and graphite on paper14 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches#5716
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Stage Design (Standing Figure)Ink and graphite on paper15 1/2 x 18 inches
Signed lower right
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Classical InteriorGouache on paper5 x 6 1/4 inches#5749
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Classical InteriorGouache on paper5 x 6 1/4 inches#5750
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Stage Design (Pygmalion)Gouache on board15 x 20 inches
Titled on reverse
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Costume DesignsGouache and ink on paper19 3/4 x 25 1/2 inches#5718
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Stage DesignGouache on paper16 1/2 x 21 inches#5719
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Dancers, ca. 1950sGouache on paper8 x 10 1/2 inches
Estate stamped on reverse.
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Moroccan SceneGouache on paper5 x 6 inches#5834
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Landscape and Rooftops (Cafe Scene), ca. 1948Gouache on paper6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches
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Harbor Scene, ca. 1948Gouache on paper6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches
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Textile DesignGouache and graphite on paper17 3/4 x 13 1/2 inches#5597
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Textile DesignGouache and graphite on paper18 1/2 x 14 inches#5599
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Textile DesignGouache and graphite on paper18 3/4 x 14 inches#5600
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Textile DesignGouache and graphite on paper19 x 14 1/2 inches#5601
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Textile DesignGouache, ink and graphite on paper14 x 12 inches#5609
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Moroccan SceneGouache on paper7 x 10 inches#5852
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Untitled (Figure)Gouache on paper4 1/2 x 6 inches#8415
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Untitled (Figures)Gouache on paper7 x 10 inches#5854
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Monument Square, ca. 1948Watercolor and ink on paper9 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches#5789
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AbstractionGouache on paper7 x 10 inches
Signed Delfau lower right.
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AbstractionGouache on paper6 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches#6262
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AbstractionGouache on paper7 x 10 inches
Signed Delfau lower right.
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Untitled (Abstraction)Watercolor on paper7 x 10 inches#7173
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Untitled (Abstraction)Watercolor on paper5 1/4 x 8 inches
Signed Delfau lower right.
#7179 -
Untitled (Abstraction)Watercolor on paper7 x 10 inches#7171
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Untitled (Abstraction)Gouache on paper5 1/2 x 8 inches#7205
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AbstractionGouache on paper5 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches#5804
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Untitled (Abstraction)Watercolor on paper5 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches
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Untitled (Harbor), ca. 1948Gouache on Paper5 x 6 1/2 inches
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Untitled (Sailing), ca. 1950sWatercolor on paper6 x 4 1/4 inches
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Untitled (Women’s Couture Portrait), ca. 1942Watercolor on paper10 x 7 inches#14155
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Still Life, ca. 1940sOil on panel9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches
Signed Delfau, lower left
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Textile Design- Tribal Imagery, ca. 1950sGouache on paper19 1/2 x 13 inches
Estate stamped on reverse.
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Textile Design- Tribal Imagery, ca. 1950sGouache on paper19 1/2 x 13 inches
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Textile Design- Tribal Imagery, ca. 1950sGouache on paper19 3/4 x 13 inches
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Untitled (Study for Stage Design), ca. 1950sGouache and watercolor on paper4 1/2 x 5 inches
Estate stamped on reverse.
#7138 -
Untitled (Study for Stage Design), ca. 1950sGouache and watercolor on paper4 1/2 x 5 inches
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Untitled (Figures), ca. 1948Watercolor on paper7 x 4 1/4 inches
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Untitled (Bullfight), ca. 1948Watercolor on paper4 1/2 x 5 inches
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Untitled (Study, Fishing Boats), ca. 1948Watercolor on paper2 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches
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#14683 -
Untitled (Study, Fishing Boats), ca. 1948Watercolor on paper2 1/4 x 3 inches
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Untitled (Study, Fishing Boats), ca. 1948Watercolor on paper2 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches
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#14686 -
Untitled (Study, Fishing Boats), ca. 1948Watercolor on paper2 1/4 x 3 inches
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Untitled (Study, Fishing Boats), ca. 1948Watercolor on paper2 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches
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#15222 -
Untitled (Study, Fishing Boats), ca. 1948Watercolor on paper2 x 2 1/2 inches
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#15225 -
Untitled (Study, Fishing Boats), ca. 1948Watercolor on paper2 1/2 x 3 inches
Estate stamped on reverse.
#15227
Born in Paris, France in 1914, Andre Delfau was a French artist, and internationally acclaimed stage set and costume designer who worked world-wide from the 1930s to the 1980s. Early in his career, Delfau created fashion designs for such major Paris couture houses as Balmain, Jean Patou and Balenciaga. He completed set designs and costumes for the Royal Danish Ballet, the Royal Ballet of Great Britain, the Paris Opera, the Dance Theater of Harlem, the Ruth Page International Ballet, the Civic Ballet of Chicago, the Chicago Opera Ballet and the Lyric Opera of Chicago, among others. Most notably, Delfau designed the elaborate stage sets and costumes for the 1986 PBS television production of the Viennese operetta, "Die Fledermaus".
Delfau lived primarily in Paris and Chicago. He frequently traveled to Morocco, where one of his favorite subjects to paint was the historic Jemaa el-Fna market in Marrakesh. Late in life, he married Chicago ballet impresario Ruth Page. Delfau died in Chicago in 2000.
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