Lot 16
  • 16

Henri Laurens

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 EUR
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Description

  • Henri Laurens
  • Femme assise se coiffant
  • signed with the monogram HL (lower left)
  • gouache on cardboard
  • 29.3 x 22.5 cm ; 11 1/2 x 8 7/8 in.

Provenance

(Probably) Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris
Private Collection, France (acquired from the above circa 1945)
Thence by descent

Literature

Patrick Waldberg, Henri Laurens. Dessins, Paris, 1980, illustrated p. 77

Condition

Executed on thick grey card, not laid down, fixed to the mount at the edges. There are a few hairline scratches to the surface (notably a 4cm line to the left of the figure) and some tiny pinhole paintlosses. Some foxing is visible on the reverse associated discoloration on the verso. This work is in overall good original condition.
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