Description Property from a Distinguished European Collection Robert Delaunay 1885 - 1941 Rythme circulaire oil on canvas 254 by 301 cm. 100 by 118½ in. Executed in Paris in 1937. The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Richard Riss. Condition Report To request a Condition Report, please contact Emily.Brown@sothebys.com Provenance Solomon R. Guggenheim, New York (acquired directly from the artist in 1937) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (acquired as a gift from the above in 1937) Galerie István Schlégl, Zurich (acquired from the above in 1986) Acquired from the above in 1987 by the present ownerLiterature Marc Asie, Les Nouvelles des expositions , 3e annee, 1 September 1937, p. 3, illustrated Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Art of Tomorrow: Fifth Catalogue of th e  Solomon R. Guggenheim Collection of Non-Objective Painting , New York, 1939, no. 221, p. 120, illustrated (with incorrect dimensions) F. Gilles de la Tourette, Robert Delaunay , Paris, 1950, pl. 25, illustrated (titled Rythmes and   with incorrect dimensions and inverted image) Guy Habasque, Robert Delaunay: du Cubisme à l'Art Abstrait , Paris, 1957, no. 339, p. 304 Exhibited Charleston, South Carolina, Gibbes Memorial Art Gallery, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Collection of Non-Objective Paintings , 1938, no. 96, p. 110, illustrated  New York, Museum of Non-Objective Painting, Evolution of Non-Objective Painting , 1952, no. 46 (titled Formes Circulaires ) New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, Robert Delaunay , 1955 New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,  Concentrations I: Nine Modern Masters from the Guggenheim Museum and the Thannhauser Collection , 1974 New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Guggenheim Museum Collection: Paintings 1880-1945 , 1976, no. 40, p. 115, illustrated Bern, Kunstmuseum Bern, Sonia & Robert Delaunay. Künstlerpaare – Künstlerfreunde , 1991-92, no. 87, p. 137, illustrated in colour