Lot 336
  • 336

Henri Laurens

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Description

  • Henri Laurens
  • FEMME AU MIROIR
  • inscribed HL and stamped with the foundry mark C. Valsuani cire perdue

  • bronze
  • height: 34.5cm., 13 5/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris
Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm
P. T. Nielsen, Copenhagen
Acquired from the estate of the above by the present owner in the 1980s

Exhibited

Stockholm, Galerie Blanche, 1953, no. 23, illustrated in the catalogue
Copenhagen, Statens Museum for Kunst, Henri Laurens, 1960, no. 6
Humlebæk, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Laurens and Braque, 1964, no. 170

Literature

Henri Laurens, Exposition de la donation aux Musées Nationaux (exhibition catalogue), Grand Palais, Paris, 1967, no. 18, illustration of another cast

Condition

Brown patina, apart from some light rubbing to the raised arm this work is in good condition.
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