Marie Laurencin

Helena Rubinstein, New York & Paris (acquired directly from the artist in 1934)

New York, 1976, n.n.
Paris, 1977, no. 6
London, 1977, no. 10, illustrated on the cover and in the catalogue
Milan, 1978, no. 8, illustrated in the catalogue

Daniel Marchesseau, Marie Laurencin, Tokyo, 1980, illustrated fig. 32
Daniel Marchesseau, Marie Laurencin, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Tokyo, 1986, no. 587, illustrated p. 254
Suzanne Slesin, Over the Top, Helena Rubinstein: Extraordinary Style, Beauty, Art, Fashion, Design, New York, 2003, illustrated p. 80

Canvas is wax lined. There is a thin web of stable cracking throughout the thicker pigment in the figure's body. The surface is clean. Under UV light: nail head sized spots of inpainting at upper left and upper right corners as well as two small spots at upper edge toward the upper right corner. There are also two small spots at the lower left corner and three pin dot retouches near the left edge just to the left of figure's elbow. Otherwise fine, work is in good condition.
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