Lot 28
  • 28

Marie Laurencin 1883-1956

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Marie Laurencin
  • Auto-Portrait
  • signed Marie Laurencin (lower left), inscribed Mars 1909 (on mount under mat); inscribed (possibly in a later hand) Marie Laurencin 7 Rue Masseran Paris 7o Oct 47 (on the backing)
  • ink and wash over pencil on paper

  • sheet: 10 1/4 by 8 in.
  • 26.2 by 20.3 cm.

Provenance

Mrs. L. Arnault, New York (Sold: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, June 15, 1950, lot 108)
Acquired from the above by the uncle of the present owner
Thence by descent

Condition

sheet toned, slight mat bleaching under mat, sheet taped to mount at corners, left edge perforated
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