Lot 374
  • 374

Marie Laurencin

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Marie Laurencin
  • JEUNE FILLE À L'ÉCHARPE JAUNE ET AU CHAPEAU BLEU
  • signed M.L and indistinctly inscribed premier jour de jaunette (lower centre)
  • coloured crayon on paper
  • 14.7 by 11.7cm., 5 3/4 by 4 7/8 in.

Provenance

Mr Tzanck, Paris
Private Collection (sale: Sotheby's, London, 26th February 1986, lot 116)
Private Collection
Private Collection (sale: Sotheby's, London, 24th May 1989, lot 54) 
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Literature

Daniel Marchesseau, Marie Laurencin, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre, Peintures, Céramiques, œuvre sur papier, Japan, 1999, vol. II, no. PP0591, illustrated p. 428

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, attached to the mount at all four corners, floating in the mount. There is some minor time staining to the sheet, some very slight creases to the figure's head, and some slight specks of foxing towards the lower edge. This work is in good condition. Colours: The paper tone is warmer and the blue tones are brighter in the original than in the printed catalogue.
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