Lot 13
  • 13

Marie Laurencin

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Marie Laurencin
  • Sirène avec animal
  • Signed Marie Laurencin (upper right)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 15 by 18 in.
  • 38.1 by 45.7 cm

Provenance

Miguel Balice, Caracas
Mr. Avram Saban, Caracas (acquired from the above in 1994)
Top Art Gallery, Sunny Isles Beach
Private Collection, Miami (acquired from the above in 2010)

Literature

Daniel Marchesseau, Marie Laurencin, Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint, vol. I, Tokyo, 1986, no. 1246, illustrated p. 503

Condition

Oil on canvas, not lined. Surface in generally good condition, colors are bright and fresh. Some minor abrasion visible around extreme edges, possibly from previous framing. Two pin dot spots of discoloration in upper right hand corner. Some vertical craquelure visible at center, along reverse stretcher bar. Under UV light; no apparent inpainting visible active pigment fluoresces.
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