{"product_id":"alibabette-editions-delaunay-rythme-3-mini-artbook-b6","title":"Alibabette Editions Delaunay Rythme 3 Mini Artbook B6","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDelaunay – Rythme 3 | Pocket Artbook Sketchbook by Alibabette Éditions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome sketchbooks are simply places to store blank pages. This one opens with a masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRythme n°3, décoration pour le Salon des Tuileries\u003c\/em\u003e - painted by Robert Delaunay in 1938 and now held at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris - was one of the last major works of a painter who spent his life chasing the energy of pure colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bold, concentric circles and radiating arcs of this canvas became a defining image of Orphism, the movement Delaunay pioneered alongside his wife Sonia. It is joyful, precise, and completely alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlibabette Éditions has reproduced that painting as the cover of this Pocket Artbook: a compact, beautifully bound sketchbook designed for people who draw, sketch, write, or simply want a refined object in their bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe details that matter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe format — 12 × 17 cm — is the sweet spot between portable and practical. It fits in a jacket pocket, a tote, or a desk drawer without compromise. The 144 pages of 100 g acid-free drawing paper take pencil, fine-liner, and light washes of watercolour without ghosting or bleed. Because the paper is acid-free, your work won't yellow or degrade over time - a consideration worth having if you're keeping these.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe binding is sewn with exposed ecru thread, a technique that is both structurally sound and visually honest. You can see exactly how the book is made. It opens completely flat, which is not a small thing: there is no fighting the spine, no lost half-inch of page disappearing into the gutter. The full width of every page is yours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho it's for\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArtists and illustrators who sketch on location will appreciate the flat opening and the compact size.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudents of art history will find it a pleasure to carry a piece of the Musée d'Art Moderne in their pocket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGift-givers looking for something thoughtful for someone who draws - or who loves French modernism, or Delaunay specifically - will find it hard to do better at this price point.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt also works perfectly as a travel journal, a planning notebook, or simply a beautiful object that earns its place on a desk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe work behind the cover\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Delaunay (1885–1941) was fascinated by the way colour could create movement and depth without any reliance on form or perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis \u003cem\u003eRythmes\u003c\/em\u003e series - of which this is the third - strips everything back to circles and colour relationships, demonstrating in the most direct way possible what he meant when he described his practice as \"pure painting.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 1938 version reproduced here was intended as a decorative work for the Salon des Tuileries and remains one of the most accessible entry points into his late output.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: 12 × 17 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 144\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaper: 100 g acid-free drawing paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBinding: Exposed-stitch sewn binding (ecru thread)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLay-flat opening: Yes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCover: Full-colour reproduction of \u003cem\u003eRythme n°3\u003c\/em\u003e (1938) by Robert Delaunay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Alibabette Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":44251759673479,"sku":"AB2B003","price":17.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0345\/4160\/0903\/files\/ab2b003-r.jpg?v=1774409292","url":"https:\/\/thestraywhisker.com.au\/products\/alibabette-editions-delaunay-rythme-3-mini-artbook-b6","provider":"The Stray Whisker","version":"1.0","type":"link"}