Price databaseBrowseSell your artwork
Watchlist
Robert Delaunay, Nature morte portugaise, 1916, Oil on canvas© Kornfeld — view on Kornfeld website ↗

Thumbnail shown for reference only. Kornfeld holds the rights to its photography — see the full images on the original lot page ↗

Auction result

Nature morte portugaise

Robert Delaunay (French, 1885–1941) · 1916

CHF 3,000,000 hammer

≈ $3,233,100≈ £2,342,826≈ €2,744,567

Sign up free to see all prices

You’ve used this month’s free price views. A free account shows the hammer price, buyer’s premium and price realized for every lot — no card, no fees.

Sign up free Sign in
Medium
Oil · Paintings all oil results →
As published: “Oil on canvas”
Support
Canvas
Category
Oil paintings
Dimensions
171 x 211 cm
Auction house
Kornfeld
Sale
Auction 274: Live Auction - Part 1 (274)
Date
September 17, 2021
Location
Bern, Switzerland
Lot
40
Estimate
CHF 2,500,000 – — (≈ $2,694,250) (≈ £1,952,355) (≈ €2,287,139)
Source
Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
Provenance (3)
  • Galerie Bing, Paris, W.102 (there titled "Nature morte aux pastèques époque portugaise")
  • Collection Franz Meyer sen., Zurich; through inheritance to
  • Private collection Switzerland
Exhibitions (4)
  • Paris ohne Jahr, Musée national d'art moderne, Delaunay, cat. no. 60, rückseitig mit Etikett
  • Bern 1951, Kunsthalle, Robert Delaunay, rückseitig mit Etikett und der Nummer "0321", cat. no. 40
  • Turin 1960, Galleria civica d'arte moderna, Mostra di Robert e Sonia Delaunay, no. 28, rückseitig mit Etikett
  • Wolfsburg 1961, Stadthalle Wolfsburg, Französische Malerei, rückseitig mit Etikett
Literature (2)
  • Catalogue raisonné: Pierre Francastel/Guy Habasque, Robert Delaunay, Du Cubisme à l'Art abstrait, Paris 1957, no. 186
  • Catalogue raisonné: Certificate of authenticity, signed by Jean Louis Delaunay and Richard Riss, dated 2.3.2021

As published by Kornfeld.

View original lot page ↗

Own a work by Robert Delaunay? Get a free auction estimate →

Own this work? Add it to My Collection → Private to you, with alerts when comparable works sell.

More results for Robert Delaunay

All results for Robert Delaunay →

Also in this sale

Auction 274: Live Auction - Part 1 · Kornfeld · Sep 17, 2021

All Kornfeld results →

Similar works

Oil results by other artists in a similar price range.