DELAUNAY, Sonia. Dessins: Noirs et Blancs.

(Paris): Artcurial and Jacques Damase Editeur, 1978.  First edition.  Quarto.  28.5cm by 25.5cm.  191 pages. Préface by Germain Viatte.  French text.  With over 250 illustrations and ground-breaking essays, the book illustrates a long and varied career. The volume follows Delaunay’s painting from her early period in Paris, influenced by Fauvism, through her interest in abstractionism, collaborations with artists and poets, and explorations of colour theory together with her husband, Robert Delaunay. Also represented is her work retranslating her experiments in painting into the realm of fashion as well as costume and set design. A very good copy in boards without dust jacket as issued.