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Still Life with a Parrot

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Still Life with a Parrot
French: Nature morte au perroquet
ArtistRobert Delaunay
Year1907
Mediumoil paint on canvas on panel
Movementstill life
Subjectflowers and a parrot
Dimensions82.5 cm × 66.5 cm (32.5 in × 26.2 in)[1]
LocationUnterlinden Museum, Colmar
Accession1978

Still Life with a Parrot is a 1907 oil painting by the French artist Robert Delaunay (then in his early twenties), today in the collection of the Unterlinden Museum in Colmar, Alsace (inventory number 88.RP.71). A first version of the same motif, but in a more mosaic-like design, nowadays belongs to the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, Spain. The Colmar painting is a manifestation of the young artist's interest in Michel-Eugène Chevreul's theories on colours, and one of his first experimental works.[2][3] The painting had belonged to the art dealer Louis Carré (1897–1977) and was bought after his death by the Société Schongauer which administrates the museum since its foundation.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "Nature morte au perroquet". webmuseo.com. Musée Unterlinden. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  2. ^ Goerig-Hergott, Frédérique (December 2015). La collection d'art moderne – Le Musée Unterlinden de Alechinsky à Zack. Paris: Éditions Artlys. pp. 84–85. ISBN 978-2-85495-627-6.
  3. ^ "Still-life with a Parrot". museothyssen.org. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza. Retrieved 26 August 2023.