Lot 478
  • 478

Marie Laurencin

Estimate
10,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Marie Laurencin
  • FEMMES EN CHAPEAUX
  • signed Marie Laurencin (lower centre); inscribed Paris and dated le 13 août 1953 on the reverse
  • hand-painted ceramic plate

  • diameter: 32cm., 12 5/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie Bénézit (Madame de la Chapelle), Paris
Private Collection

Exhibited

Tokyo, Odakyu Museum; Mie, Mie Prefectoral Museum; Yokohama, Sogo Museum; Osaka, Daimaru Museum of Art & Takamatsu, Municipal Museum of Art, À Paris, Cafés d'artistes et leurs légendes: Montmartre, Montparnasse et Saint-Germain-des-Prés, 1999-2000, no. 29, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

Daniel Marchesseau, Marie Laurencin: Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre: peintures, céramiques, œuvres sur papier, Japan, 1999, vol. II, no. 1669, illustrated p. 157

Condition

There are two spots of glaze loss with associated paint loss in the blue area above the signature and one in the blue necklace of the woman on the right. There is a spot of fluorescence visible under UV light, towards the centre of the plate in the pink area, possibly retouching or possibly intrinsic to the fire process. Apart from a minor surface craquelure in the glaze in the green area to the left of the signature, this work is in good condition. Colours: Fairly accurate, although the colours are more vibrant and brighter in the original.
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