Lot 138
  • 138

MARIE LAURENCIN | Marie Laurencin et Madeleine Pioch

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
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Description

  • Marie Laurencin
  • Marie Laurencin et Madeleine Pioch
  • signed Marie Laurencin (lower left); probably signed Marie Laurencin and dated 1904 (on the reverse)
  • pastel on paper
  • 20,2 x 26,5 cm; 8 x 10 1/2  in.
  • Executed in 1904.

Provenance

Georges Pillement, Paris
Private collection, France
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Tokyo, Galerie Tokyu, Marie Laurencin, Exposition du Centenaire, 1982, no. 66, illustrated in the catalogue n.p. 

Literature

Daniel Marchesseau, Marie Laurencin, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre, vol. II, Peintures, Céramiques, Œuvres sur papier, Japan, 1999, no. PP0094, illustrated p. 294

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper laid down on a sheet of cardboard which is in turn affixed to the overmount with tape at the upper corners of the verso. The upper edge is deckled and the left edge is unevenly cut. There are pinholes to the lower and left edges. There is some staining to the lower left corner and to the lower edge. There is a small repaired tear to the centre part of the left edge and there are some flattened creases in places. This work is in overall good condition.
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