Sonia Delaunay without Robert, an impossible bet? If their paintings sometimes resemble each other, often respond to each other and it seems very difficult to differentiate at first glance the style of Madame from the taste of Monsieur, the queen of abstraction seems to have captured all the attention of the Galerie Zlotowski. Nestled in the heart of the legendary Saint-Germain-des-Prés district, this confidential exhibition emerges from the overwhelming shadow of her famous husband to finally paint an incredibly vivid portrait of the designer, muse and seamstress of “simultaneism”. Paintings, drawings, lithographs, book covers and playing cards immerse us in the cosmic repertoire of a pioneer of modern art in search of the absolute. Geometric patterns, circles suspended in the air and patchworks of pure colors punctuate this flamboyant retrospective covering his entire career through forty masterpieces, going from his first works in tawny shades to his final gouaches. on paper, made the year of his death in 1979.

Sonia Delaunay is the first woman to have, during her lifetime, had a retrospective at the Louvre.