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The Prose of the Trans-siberian and of Little Jehanne of France
Artist
Sonia Delaunay
(French, born Russia, 1885-1979)
Author
Blaise Cendrars
(French, born Switzerland, 1887-1961)
Publisher
Éditions des hommes nouveaux
(Paris, France, founded 1912)
Date1913
MediumColor pochoir with typography printed in colored inks on four joined sheets of simili japan paper
DimensionsImage (irregular top edge): 198.7 × 35.5 cm (78 1/4 × 14 in.)
Sheet (irregular top edge): 198.7 × 35.5 cm (78 1/4 × 14 in.)
Frame: 218.4 × 54 × 6.4 cm (86 × 21 1/4 × 2 1/2 in.)
Sheet (irregular top edge): 198.7 × 35.5 cm (78 1/4 × 14 in.)
Frame: 218.4 × 54 × 6.4 cm (86 × 21 1/4 × 2 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsBook
Credit LineThe George Riabov Collection of Russian Art, acquired with the Avenir Foundation Endowment Fund
Object number1998.0614.002
Exhibition History- Modernist Art, 09/2004-03/2008, Zimmerli Art Museum, Lilien Gallery
- Rotation, 10/2011-02/2012, Zimmerli Art Museum, Modernism Gallery
- 1913: The Year of Modernism, 03/23/2013-06/23/2013, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
- Dimensionism: Modern Art in the Age of Einstein (organized by Mead Art Museum, Amherst, MA), 09/03/2019-12/29/2019, Zimmerli Art Museum, Voorhees Gallery
- Rotation, 09/2023-01/2024, Zimmerli Art Museum, 19th Century Gallery
- Harmony and Dissonance: Orphism in Paris, 1910–1930, 11/8/2024-03/09/2025, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, New York, NY
Exhibitions
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