Andre Delfau

French, 1914 - 2000

Born in Paris, France in 1914, Andre Delfau was a French artist, and internationally acclaimed stage set and costume designer who worked world-wide from the 1930s to the 1980s. Early in his career, Delfau created fashion designs for such major Paris couture houses as Balmain, Jean Patou and Balenciaga. He completed set designs and costumes for the Royal Danish Ballet, the Royal Ballet of Great Britain, the Paris Opera, the Dance Theater of Harlem, the Ruth Page International Ballet, the Civic Ballet of Chicago, the Chicago Opera Ballet and the Lyric Opera of Chicago, among others. Most notably, Delfau designed the elaborate stage sets and costumes for the 1986 PBS television production of the Viennese operetta, "Die Fledermaus".

Delfau lived primarily in Paris and Chicago. He frequently traveled to Morocco, where one of his favorite subjects to paint was the historic Jemaa el-Fna market in Marrakesh. Late in life, he married Chicago ballet impresario Ruth Page. Delfau died in Chicago in 2000.

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Untitled (Figure), ca. 1948

Watercolor on paper

4 3/4 x 3 inches

Estate stamped on reverse

#14614
Figure on a Balcony with Bouquet of Flowers, ca. 1950

Watercolor on paper

5 x 4 1/4 inches

Estate stamped on reverse

#14520
Untitled (Flower Vendor), ca. 1950s

Gouache on paper

4 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches

Estate stamped on reverse

#8019
Untitled (City at Night), ca. 1948

Watercolor on paper

4 x 5 inches

Estate stamped on reverse

#14538
Untitled (City Scene, Night), ca. 1948

Watercolor on paper

4 1/4 x 5 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#14545
Untitled (Street Scene), ca. 1948

Watercolor on paper

4 1/4 x 7 inches

Estate stamped on reverse

#14642
Untitled (Chair, Apple and Fireplace Mantel), ca. 1948

Watercolor on paper

10 x 13 1/2 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#14556
Untitled (La Vierge Marie), ca. 1948

Watercolor on paper

7 x 4 1/4 inches

#14194
City Scene with Oriental Carpet

Gouache on paper

6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches

#5418
City Scene with Oriental Carpets

Gouache on paper

6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches

#5419
Interior Study with Figure, ca. 1950

Gouache on paper

5 x 6 1/2 inches

#8392
Untitled (Figure on a Balcony), ca. 1948

Watercolor on paper

5 x 6 1/2 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#14595
Landscape and Rooftops, ca. 1948

Gouache on paper

6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches

Signed Delfau, lower right

#5539
Landscape and Rooftops, ca. 1948

Gouache on paper

6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches

Signed Delfau, lower right.

#5554
Horse and Carriage, ca. 1948

Gouache on paper

6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches

Signed Delfau, lower right.

#5500
Untitled (Acrobats), ca. 1950s

Watercolor on paper

5 1/2 x 6 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#14515
Untitled (Acrobats), ca, 1950s

Watercolor on paper

5 1/2 x 6 inches

Estate stamped on reverse

#14513
Moroccan Scene

Gouache on paper

5 x 6 inches

#5833
Untitled (City Scene & Harbor View), ca. 1948

Gouache on paper

4 1/2 x 6 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#15229
Untitled (City Scene & Harbor View), ca. 1948

Gouache on paper

4 1/2 x 6 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#15228
Untitled (Beach Scene & Fishing Boat), ca. 1948

Watercolor on paper

7 x 8 inches

Estate stamped on reverse

#14146
Untitled (Beach Scene & Fishing Boats), ca. 1948

Watercolor on paper

7 x 8 inches

Estate stamped on reverse

#14151
Untitled (Fishing Boats on the Beach), ca. 1948

Watercolor on paper

5 1/4 x 8 inches

Estate stamped on reverse

#14132
Sailors with Nets, ca. 1948

Gouache on paper

5 1/2 x 8 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#5803
Garden Scene, ca. 1948

Gouache on paper

6 1/4 x 9 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#5859
Untitled (Harbor Scene), ca. 1950s

Watercolor on paper

6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#14089
Market Bazaar (Vendors and Street Performers), ca. 1948

Gouache on paper

6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#5473
Untitled (Flower Vendor), ca. 1950s

Gouache on paper

4 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#8019
Untitled (Flower Vendor), ca. 1948

Watercolor on paper

8 x 5 1/4 inches

Estate stamped on reverse

#14138
Market Bazaar (Vendors and Umbrellas), ca. 1948

Gouache on paper

6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#5472
Market Bazaar (Fruit Vendors)

Gouache on paper

6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches

#5454
Market Bazaar

Gouache on paper

Signed Delfau, lower right

#9452
Market Bazaar

Gouache on paper

6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches

#5499
Untitled (Harbor Scene & Fishing Boats), ca. 1948

Gouache on paper

6 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#5756
Landscape and Rooftops, ca. 1948

Gouache on paper

6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#5538
Landscape and Rooftops, ca. 1948

Gouache on paper

6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#5540
Untitled (Street Scene), ca. 1948

Watercolor on paper

4 1/4 x 7 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#14647
Landscape and Rooftops, ca. 1950s

Watercolor on paper

6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#5561
Untitled (View from a Balcony), ca. 1950

Watercolor on paper

11 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#5390
View from a Balcony, ca. 1950s

Watercolor on paper

7 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#5384
Landscape and Rooftops, ca. 1948

Gouache and watercolor on paper

6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#5563
Landscape and Rooftops, ca. 1948

Gouache on paper

6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#5564
Untited (New York City at Night), ca. 1950s

Watercolor on paper

6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches

Signed Delfau, lower right

#5376
View of New York City, ca. 1950s

Watercolor on paper

6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches

Signed Delfau, lower right

#5371
Untitled (Study, Figure & Doorway), ca. 1948

Watercolor on Paper

4 x 2 3/4 inches

Estate stamped on reverse

#14687
Untitled (Study, Figures & Doorway), ca. 1948

Watercolor on paper

3 3/4 x 2 1/2 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#14688
Untitled (Study, Figure & Doorway), ca. 1948

Watercolor on paper

4 x 2 1/2 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#14690
Untitled (Study, Figure & Doorway), ca. 1948

Watercolor on paper

4 x 2 1/2 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#14689
Untitled (Study, Figure & Doorway), ca. 1948

Watercolor on Paper

4 3/4 x 3 inches

Estate stamped on reverse

#14613
Untitled (Study, Figure & Doorway), ca. 1948

Watercolor on paper

6 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#14075
Untitled (Study, Figure & Doorway), ca. 1948

Watercolor on paper

6 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#14074
Untitled (Beach Scene), ca. 1950s

Gouache on paper

4 x 6 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#8008
Beach Scene, ca. 1948

Gouache on paper

5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#5856
Untitled (Man Reading Beside his Dog), ca. 1950

Watercolor on paper

10 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#8411
Untitled (Kneeling Male, Bather), ca. 1950

Watercolor on paper

10 x 13 3/4 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#14166
Untitled (Coastal Scene, Figure Reading), ca. 1950s

Watercolor on paper

10 x 13 1/2 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#14495
Woman in an Interior by the Sea, ca. 1950s

Gouache on paper

6 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#5399
Woman in an Interior, ca. 1950s

Gouache on paper

9 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches

Signed Delfau, lower right.

#5404
Untitled (Jouer au volley-ball), ca. 1950s

Oil on Masonite

6 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches

Provenance: Estate of the artist

#5363
Landscape

Gouache on paper

5 x 6 1/2 inches

#8405
Street Scene

Gouache on paper

6 1/2 x 5 inches

#8403
Street Scene

Gouache on paper

6 1/2 x 5 inches

#8404
Le cycliste, ca. 1950s

Gouache on paper

3 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#8331
Untitled (Street Scene), ca. 1948

Watercolor on paper

7 x 4 1/4 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#14701
Untitled (Rooftops), ca. 1950s

Oil on canvas

8 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches

Signed Delfau lower right.

#5359
Untitled (Abstraction), ca. 1950s

Oil on canvas board

6 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches

Signed Delfau, lower right.

#5362
Buildings (Windows & Doors)

Watercolor on paper

16 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches

#5650
Stage Design (Hamlet)

Watercolor, ink and graphite on paper

12 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches

Signed Delfau lower right; titled on reverse.

#5661
Stage Design (Hamlet)

Watercolor, ink and graphite on paper

12 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches

#5662
Stage Design for an Opera

Watercolor and graphite on paper

19 3/4 x 25 1/2 inches

#5657
Stage Design

Gouache on paper

13 x 20 inches

#5663
Stage Design , ca. 1950

Gouache on paper

14 1/2 x 17 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#5712
Stage Design (A Capriccio of Stairways and Arches)

Gouache on paper

13 3/4 x 18 1/2 inches

#5694
Stage Design (Britannicus), 1951

Gouache on paper

13 x 16 1/2 inches

Signed Delfau lower right; signed and dated on reverse.

#5676
Stage Design (Couple Dancing), ca. 1950s

Gouache on paper

11 1/4 x 15 inches

#5693
Stage Design (Andromaque)

Gouache, watercolor and ink on paper

13 1/4 x 19 inches

Titled lower right

#5687
Stage Design (A Capriccio of Columns and Archways)

Gouache on paper

12 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches

#5689
Stage Design (A Capriccio with a Temple & Figures)

Gouache on paper

14 x 17 inches

#5695
Stage Design

Gouache on paper

15 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches

#5696
Stage Design (Archways)

Ink and graphite on paper

14 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches

#5716
Stage Design (Standing Figure)

Ink and graphite on paper

15 1/2 x 18 inches

Signed lower right

#5717
Classical Interior

Gouache on paper

5 x 6 1/4 inches

#5749
Classical Interior

Gouache on paper

5 x 6 1/4 inches

#5750
Stage Design (Pygmalion)

Gouache on board

15 x 20 inches

Titled on reverse

#5720
Costume Designs

Gouache and ink on paper

19 3/4 x 25 1/2 inches

#5718
Stage Design

Gouache on paper

16 1/2 x 21 inches

#5719
Dancers, ca. 1950s

Gouache on paper

8 x 10 1/2 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#5778
Moroccan Scene

Gouache on paper

5 x 6 inches

#5834
Landscape and Rooftops (Cafe Scene), ca. 1948

Gouache on paper

6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#5562
Harbor Scene, ca. 1948

Gouache on paper

6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#5570
Textile Design

Gouache and graphite on paper

17 3/4 x 13 1/2 inches

#5597
Textile Design

Gouache and graphite on paper

18 1/2 x 14 inches

#5599
Textile Design

Gouache and graphite on paper

18 3/4 x 14 inches

#5600
Moroccan Scene

Gouache on paper

7 x 10 inches

#5852
Untitled (Figure)

Gouache on paper

4 1/2 x 6 inches

#8415
Untitled (Figures)

Gouache on paper

7 x 10 inches

#5854
Monument Square, ca. 1948

Watercolor and ink on paper

9 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches

#5789
Abstraction

Gouache on paper

7 x 10 inches

Signed Delfau lower right.

#5863
Abstraction

Gouache on paper

6 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches

#6262
Abstraction

Gouache on paper

7 x 10 inches

Signed Delfau lower right.

#5864
Untitled (Abstraction)

Watercolor on paper

7 x 10 inches

#7173
Untitled (Abstraction)

Watercolor on paper

5 1/4 x 8 inches

Signed Delfau lower right.

#7179
Untitled (Abstraction)

Watercolor on paper

7 x 10 inches

#7171
Untitled (Abstraction)

Gouache on paper

5 1/2 x 8 inches

#7205
Abstraction

Gouache on paper

5 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches

#5804
Untitled (Abstraction)

Watercolor on paper

5 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#7186
Untitled (Harbor), ca. 1948

Gouache on Paper

5 x 6 1/2 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#8401
Untitled (Sailing), ca. 1950s

Watercolor on paper

6 x 4 1/4 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#14085
Untitled (Women’s Couture Portrait), ca. 1942

Watercolor on paper

10 x 7 inches

#14155
Still Life, ca. 1940s

Oil on panel

9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches

Signed Delfau, lower left

#5358
Textile Design- Tribal Imagery, ca. 1950s

Gouache on paper

19 1/2 x 13 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#5745
Textile Design- Tribal Imagery, ca. 1950s

Gouache on paper

19 1/2 x 13 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#5746
Textile Design- Tribal Imagery, ca. 1950s

Gouache on paper

19 3/4 x 13 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#5747
Untitled (Study for Stage Design), ca. 1950s

Gouache and watercolor on paper

4 1/2 x 5 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#7138
Untitled (Study for Stage Design), ca. 1950s

Gouache and watercolor on paper

4 1/2 x 5 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#7139
Untitled (Figures), ca. 1948

Watercolor on paper

7 x 4 1/4 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#14510
Untitled (Bullfight), ca. 1948

Watercolor on paper

4 1/2 x 5 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#14594
Untitled (Study, Fishing Boats), ca. 1948

Watercolor on paper

2 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#14683
Untitled (Study, Fishing Boats), ca. 1948

Watercolor on paper

2 1/4 x 3 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#15219
Untitled (Study, Fishing Boats), ca. 1948

Watercolor on paper

2 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#14686
Untitled (Study, Fishing Boats), ca. 1948

Watercolor on paper

2 1/4 x 3 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#15220
Untitled (Study, Fishing Boats), ca. 1948

Watercolor on paper

2 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#15222
Untitled (Study, Fishing Boats), ca. 1948

Watercolor on paper

2 x 2 1/2 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#15225
Untitled (Study, Fishing Boats), ca. 1948

Watercolor on paper

2 1/2 x 3 inches

Estate stamped on reverse.

#15227

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