Robert Delaunay / Portrait of Tristan Tzara

Portrait of Tristan Tzara

1923 · Painting on cardboard

The Dada poet Tristan Tzara is portrayed wrapped in a patterned scarf, painted by Delaunay during his years in Spain and Portugal.

ArtistRRobert Delaunay

MuseumMMuseo Reina Sofía

MovementCCubism

LocationMadrid, Spain

Genreportrait

Dimensions104.5 × 75 cm

SourceWikidata Q3399464

Why it matters

Robert Delaunay painted the Romanian poet Tristan Tzara, founder of Dada and the most faithful friend of the Delaunays in the 1920s.

Did you know?

It was painted in 1923.
It is painted on paperboard.
It is in the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid.

Based on the Wikipedia article Portrait of Tristan Tzara (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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