Lot 64
  • 64

Henri Laurens

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
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Description

  • Henri Laurens
  • FEMME ACCROUPIE SE COIFFANT
  • monogrammé H.L. en bas à droite
  • fusain et crayon sur papier
  • 59 x 36,2 cm; 23 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.

Provenance

Lionel Praeger, Paris
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris
Collection André Schoeller, Paris
Collection particulière, Europe 

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Claude Bernard, Henri Laurens, 1960, illustré p. 33
Paris, Galerie Bérès, Henri Laurens, 2004, no. 129 illustré p. 238

Literature

Jean Cassou, Le dessin français au XXème siècle, Lausanne, 1951, illustré p. 119
Patrick Waldberg, Henri Laurens ou la femme placée en abîme, Paris, 1980, no. 199, illustré p. 175

Condition

Executed on tracing paper laid down on a thin cardboard. The cardboard is taped to the overmount at 2 points at the upper edge and 2 points at the vertical edges. There is a 4 cm tear at the lower edge. Apart from a few creases, some very few spots of foxing and some media marks thoughout, this work is in overall good condition.
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Catalogue Note


signed with the monogram 'H.L.' lower right. Executed circa 1950.