Description
1928 French Cubist Master Marie Laurencin ( 1883 - 1956) Original Etching-Engraving on paper. Woman holding a rabbit. Engraving on paper mounted on cardboard. Movements: Cubism. Fauvism. Nymphism. Parisian Avant-garde Pencil signature in the lower right corner. Artist Marie Laurencin ( France 1883 - 1956). Marie Laurencin, (born October 31, 1883, Paris, Francedied June 8, 1956, Paris), French painter, printmaker, & stage designer known for her delicate portraits of elegant, vaguely melancholic women. From 1903 to 1904 Laurencin studied art at the Humbert Academy in Paris. Among her fellow students was Georges Braque, who, with Pablo Picasso, soon developed the style of painting known as Cubism. The art dealer Clovis Sagot introduced Laurencin to Picasso in 1907, & she consequently became involved in the avant-garde milieu of the Cubists. Although Laurencin exhibited with the Cubist artists, she did not herself exploit the movement's idiom. Her paintings typically are stylized depictions of pale, dark-eyed women & girls painted in pastel colours. The American expatriate writer Gertrude Stein, an important patron of avant-garde artists, was one of the first buyers of Laurencin's work. Laurencin was romantically involved with the poet Guillaume Apollinaire for several years & produced several portraits of him & of their mutual friends, such as Group of Artists (1908). She illustrated several books, including a 1930 edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Her stage designs included scenery for the Ballets Russes (1924) & the Comédie Française (1928). Good condition. Just normal foxing & yellowing due to the old age. Period: Engraved in 1928 Size etching 9" x 7 1/2" (approximately). Cardboard support 11" x 9 1/2" (approximately). Price $580 Please look at my back stock-there are many treasures waiting for a home! We have two warehouses, New York State & Europe. Our paintings can be shipped free of charge from one of the two warehouses upon availability. 1928 French Cubist Master Marie Laurencin | 1883 - 1956 Original Etching-Engraving On Paper. Woman Holding A Rabbit
