Robert Delaunay (1885-1941), Hommage à Blériot, esquisse
Robert Delaunay (1885-1941)
Hommage à Blériot, esquisse
oil on canvas laid down on panel
23 7/8 x 23 7/8 in. (60.6 x 60.6 cm.)
Painted in Paris, 1914
Provenance
Marie Cuttoli, Paris (by 1957).
Lillian Leff, New York.
By descent from the above to the present owners.
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF RUTH AND JEROME SIEGEL
Celebrated for their compassion, élan, and tremendous generosity, Ruth and Jerome Siegel were unwavering proponents of the creative process. For the Siegels, fine art served as an integral component of daily life, a source of inspiration and insight that informed their many years together. The Siegel Collection is a testament to the couple?s remarkable vision, taste, and acumen.
While so many works in the Siegel Collection represent the best of their artists? oeuvres, it is the resounding joyfulness and verve of the pieces when seen together that defines the Collection?s essential character. It is an assemblage that reaches across period and style: from Robert Delaunay?s brilliance of color to Howard Hodgkin's painterly exuberance; Arnaldo Pomodoro and Anish Kapoor?s abstract sculpture to linear explorations by Kenneth Noland, John McLaughlin, and Sean Scully; from the distinctive representation of Fernando Botero's figures to David Hockney's still life flowers and Robert Indiana's monumental Pop masterpieces. The Siegels? spectacular works of art are a palpable declaration of a love of life and boldness of spirit.
The Siegel residences were evidence of the couple?s abiding passion for living with art?repositories of painting and sculpture by younger artists as well as by more established figures. It was a trip to Provincetown, Massachusetts in the 1950s that first kindled Jerome Siegel's interest in collecting; Ruth Siegel was forever enthralled with the energy and imagination of visual artists, and made a point of visiting galleries and museums in New York and during family travels. Mrs. Siegel championed emerging talent as an art consultant and founder of the Art Latitude Gallery and the Ruth Siegel Art Gallery in New York. A board member of MoMA PS1, the Museum of Art and Design, and the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies, she understood the importance of patronage in nurturing the next generation of creativity. The collection benefited from the Siegels? personal relationships with artists such as Indiana, from whom works were acquired during visits to the artist?s studio in Vinalhaven, Maine.
Born in Newark, New Jersey, Jerome ?Jerry? Siegel represented the very best of American entrepreneurship. After graduating from New York?s City College, he obtained an MBA from Harvard Business School, and served as an officer in the United States Navy during the Second World War. In 1947, Mr. Siegel founded Titan Industrial Corporation, a steel and commodities firm that rose to international prominence under his leadership. Mr. Siegel was also a lifelong advocate for the progressive impact of American business. Ruth Siegel was born in New York City, and served as a longtime trustee and later honorary trustee of her alma mater, Sarah Lawrence College. At Sarah Lawrence, the Siegels underwrote the construction of a visual arts center and financed the renovation of a dining and social center named in Mrs. Siegel?s honor.
Ruth and Jerome Siegel focused much of their energies on philanthropy in education and medicine. Mr. Siegel was an especially committed board member of Westchester Community College, where dozens of students have benefited from the Ruth & Jerome Siegel Scholarship, established in 2002. For over two decades, Mr. Siegel was an active board member and advocate for Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City, and funded the Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce in Harlem. In addition to supporting patient care services and pancreatic cancer research at Columbia University Medical Center, the couple endowed an eponymous stroke center at White Plains Hospital, a child care services center in the Dominican Republic, a chair in marketing at the Harvard Business School, and a chair of virology at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.
The Collection of Ruth and Jerome Siegel represents a lifetime in artistic patronage and creative thinking; each work attests to the Siegels? passion, conviction, and keen connoisseurial eye. Supporters of community through art, medicine, education, and personal empowerment, the Siegels? legacy lies not only in their outstanding private collection of art, but in the many individuals whose lives were transformed by the couple?s energy, grace, and spirit.
Christie's is honored to be offering additional works from this collection in our upcoming Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening and Day sales, Latin American Art, Living with Art, First Open, Art & Design and Prints & Multiples sales in 2016 through 2017.
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Robert Delaunay (1885-1941)
Hommage à Blériot, esquisse
oil on canvas laid down on panel
23 7/8 x 23 7/8 in. (60.6 x 60.6 cm.)
Painted in Paris, 1914
Provenance
Marie Cuttoli, Paris (by 1957).
Lillian Leff, New York.
By descent from the above to the present owners.
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF RUTH AND JEROME SIEGEL
Celebrated for their compassion, élan, and tremendous generosity, Ruth and Jerome Siegel were unwavering proponents of the creative process. For the Siegels, fine art served as an integral component of daily life, a source of inspiration and insight that informed their many years together. The Siegel Collection is a testament to the couple?s remarkable vision, taste, and acumen.
While so many works in the Siegel Collection represent the best of their artists? oeuvres, it is the resounding joyfulness and verve of the pieces when seen together that defines the Collection?s essential character. It is an assemblage that reaches across period and style: from Robert Delaunay?s brilliance of color to Howard Hodgkin's painterly exuberance; Arnaldo Pomodoro and Anish Kapoor?s abstract sculpture to linear explorations by Kenneth Noland, John McLaughlin, and Sean Scully; from the distinctive representation of Fernando Botero's figures to David Hockney's still life flowers and Robert Indiana's monumental Pop masterpieces. The Siegels? spectacular works of art are a palpable declaration of a love of life and boldness of spirit.
The Siegel residences were evidence of the couple?s abiding passion for living with art?repositories of painting and sculpture by younger artists as well as by more established figures. It was a trip to Provincetown, Massachusetts in the 1950s that first kindled Jerome Siegel's interest in collecting; Ruth Siegel was forever enthralled with the energy and imagination of visual artists, and made a point of visiting galleries and museums in New York and during family travels. Mrs. Siegel championed emerging talent as an art consultant and founder of the Art Latitude Gallery and the Ruth Siegel Art Gallery in New York. A board member of MoMA PS1, the Museum of Art and Design, and the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies, she understood the importance of patronage in nurturing the next generation of creativity. The collection benefited from the Siegels? personal relationships with artists such as Indiana, from whom works were acquired during visits to the artist?s studio in Vinalhaven, Maine.
Born in Newark, New Jersey, Jerome ?Jerry? Siegel represented the very best of American entrepreneurship. After graduating from New York?s City College, he obtained an MBA from Harvard Business School, and served as an officer in the United States Navy during the Second World War. In 1947, Mr. Siegel founded Titan Industrial Corporation, a steel and commodities firm that rose to international prominence under his leadership. Mr. Siegel was also a lifelong advocate for the progressive impact of American business. Ruth Siegel was born in New York City, and served as a longtime trustee and later honorary trustee of her alma mater, Sarah Lawrence College. At Sarah Lawrence, the Siegels underwrote the construction of a visual arts center and financed the renovation of a dining and social center named in Mrs. Siegel?s honor.
Ruth and Jerome Siegel focused much of their energies on philanthropy in education and medicine. Mr. Siegel was an especially committed board member of Westchester Community College, where dozens of students have benefited from the Ruth & Jerome Siegel Scholarship, established in 2002. For over two decades, Mr. Siegel was an active board member and advocate for Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City, and funded the Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce in Harlem. In addition to supporting patient care services and pancreatic cancer research at Columbia University Medical Center, the couple endowed an eponymous stroke center at White Plains Hospital, a child care services center in the Dominican Republic, a chair in marketing at the Harvard Business School, and a chair of virology at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.
The Collection of Ruth and Jerome Siegel represents a lifetime in artistic patronage and creative thinking; each work attests to the Siegels? passion, conviction, and keen connoisseurial eye. Supporters of community through art, medicine, education, and personal empowerment, the Siegels? legacy lies not only in their outstanding private collection of art, but in the many individuals whose lives were transformed by the couple?s energy, grace, and spirit.
Christie's is honored to be offering additional works from this collection in our upcoming Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening and Day sales, Latin American Art, Living with Art, First Open, Art & Design and Prints & Multiples sales in 2016 through 2017.
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF RUTH AND JEROME SIEGEL
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