Lot 222
  • 222

Marie Laurencin

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Marie Laurencin
  • JEUNE FEMME AU CHAPEAU
  • signed Marie Laurencin (upper right)
  • oil on board
  • 27 by 22cm., 10 5/8 by 8 5/8 in.

Provenance

Suzanne Moreau-Laurencin, Paris (the artist's daughter)
Pierre Granville, Paris
Galerie Niveau, Paris
Anthony Dibo
Egon Wlodarczyk, Caracas
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, 30th June 2004, lot 329
Private Collection, France

Literature

Daniel Marchesseau, Marie Laurencin 1883-1956, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Tokyo, 1986, vol. I, no. 968, illustrated p. 403

Condition

The board is stable. There is a 5cm. vertical line of retouching to the right edge of the sitter's face and some further small specks to the upper, left and right edges, all visible under UV light. This work is in good condition. Colours: Overall fairly accurate in the printed catalogue.
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