Circular Forms, Moon No. 1
1913 · Oil on canvas · Lenbachhaus, Munich
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About this work
- Artist
- Robert Delaunay (1885–1941)
- Year
- 1913
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 65 × 54 cm
- Collection
- Lenbachhaus, Munich
- Movement
- Orphism
A pale lilac-white disc, the moon, glows at the centre, surrounded by broad curved bands of blue, green, violet, orange and red that swing around it like halos, with a green arc at the bottom. There is no outline anywhere; forms exist only as contrasts of colour. Delaunay painted it in 1913 in his series of Circular Forms, in which he studied the light of the sun and the moon, and these are among the first paintings in which he left recognisable subjects behind. He believed colours set side by side could produce movement and depth without drawing, an idea he called simultaneity. Delaunay had shown with the Blue Rider in Munich in 1911, and his colour was a decisive influence on Marc and Macke; this canvas is in the Lenbachhaus, home of the city's Blue Rider collection.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A pale moon at the centre of swinging rings of blue, green, violet and orange, for a bedroom, nursery or reading nook at 24×36 in natural wood. A lilac, pale blue or white wall; it pairs with Homage to Blériot.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Orphism painting
- Era
- 20th century (1913)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- bedroom, nursery, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — natural wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
