This catalogue was published on the occasion of the exhibition "Sonia Delaunay: A Retrospective," on view at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery from February 2 to March 16, 1980. The exhibitionalso traveled to the Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, The High Museum of Art in Atlanta, The Grey Art Gallery and Study Center at New York University, The Art Institute of Chicago, and the Musee d'art contemporain in Montreal.
This publication features texts by exhibition co-organizers Sherry A. Buckberrough and Albright-Knox Director Robert T. Buck, a chronology by Susan Krane, and a preface by Charles L. Griswold.