Hommage à Blériot
To scale 28 x 28 in on the wall
Representative Hand-applied gesso embellishment
About the Artwork
Louis Blériot completed his historic crossing of the English Channel by monoplane on July 25, 1909, and the feat electrified Europe. By 1914, Delaunay, already celebrated for his Fenêtres series and his radical deconstruction of the Eiffel Tower, chose aviation as the subject that could best embody the optimism and velocity of the modern age. The painting was completed just as the catastrophe of World War I was beginning, lending its exuberance an unintentional poignancy. It was exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in 1914 and is now held in the Kunstmuseum Basel, regarded as one of the defining monuments of early European abstraction. Guillaume Apollinaire, who coined the term Orphisme, singled out Delaunay's color research as the most genuinely new pictorial achievement of the pre-war avant-garde; this canvas is the argument in full. It belongs to the rare category of paintings that are simultaneously a technical manifesto and an uncomplicated expression of joy.
Product Specifications
- Finished size
- 28 x 28 in
- Frame
- Gold, premium resin, mitred
- Canvas
- Heavyweight Fredrix poly/cotton
- Finish
- Hand-applied gesso embellishment
- Inks
- Archival HP Latex, 100-year colorfastness
- Stretcher
- Solid poplar, kiln dried
- Hanging
- Wire and dust cover fitted
- Item
- 1880221
Shipping, Returns & Care
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Care & Hanging
Every piece arrives ready to hang: wire hardware pre-installed, kraft paper dust cover, gallery-finished corners.
Hanging: Every piece ships with hanging hardware.
Care: Dust lightly with a soft, dry cloth as needed. Avoid direct sunlight to preserve the colors. Avoid hanging in high-humidity environments (bathrooms with active showers). Our finish is durable but is not waterproof.
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