Lot Essay
Monsieur Quentin Laurens, holder of the droit morale for the work of Henri Laurens, has kindly confirmed this work is registered in his archives.
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Composition, tête
Details
Henri Laurens (1885-1954)
Composition, tête
signed with the monogram (lower right; probably at a later date)
pen and ink, wash and pencil on paper
9 x 11 in. (22.8 x 27.8 cm.)
Executed circa 1920
Composition, tête
signed with the monogram (lower right; probably at a later date)
pen and ink, wash and pencil on paper
9 x 11 in. (22.8 x 27.8 cm.)
Executed circa 1920
Provenance
Kay Hillman, New York, by 1972.
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York (no. 9990).
Galerie La Boétie [Helen Serger], New York.
Carus Gallery, New York.
Mönter collection, Germany.
Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne.
Acquired by the present owner in the mid-1980s.
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York (no. 9990).
Galerie La Boétie [Helen Serger], New York.
Carus Gallery, New York.
Mönter collection, Germany.
Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne.
Acquired by the present owner in the mid-1980s.
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Jean Chauvelin, The Non-Objective World, 1924-1939, June 1971, no. 89 (illustrated p. 91); this exhibition later travelled to London, Annely Juda Fine Art, Milan, Galleria Milano, and Basel, Galerie Laitowitsch.
Baltimore, Museum of Art, The Kay Hillman Collection, May - August 1972 (loan no. 6530.53).
Lugano, Galleria Pieter Coray, Il segno degli scultori, October - November 1988, no. 31 (illustrated p. 48).
Saragossa, Museo Pablo Gargallo, Dibujos de Escultores, April - May 1989, no. 31 (illustrated p. 52).
Baltimore, Museum of Art, The Kay Hillman Collection, May - August 1972 (loan no. 6530.53).
Lugano, Galleria Pieter Coray, Il segno degli scultori, October - November 1988, no. 31 (illustrated p. 48).
Saragossa, Museo Pablo Gargallo, Dibujos de Escultores, April - May 1989, no. 31 (illustrated p. 52).
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