Philip Alexius de László (1869-1937)
Philip Alexius de László (1869-1937)

Portrait of Pauline Leon, Marquise de Laborde, née Pauline de Rafelis de Saint Sauveur

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Philip Alexius de László (1869-1937)
Portrait of Pauline Leon, Marquise de Laborde, née Pauline de Rafelis de Saint Sauveur
signed, dated and inscribed 'de László /Paris/1924' (lower right)
oil on canvas
43 ¼ x 31 in. (109.9 x 78.8 cm.)
We are grateful to Katherine Field for writing the catalogue entry for this portrait, which will be included in the Philip de László catalogue raisonné, currently presented in progress online: www.delaszlocatalogueraisonne.com

The Hon. Mrs de Laszlo and a team of editors are compiling the catalogue raisonné of the artist’s entire oeuvre. Katherine Field is the British and North American Editor. Please see www.delaszloarchivetrust.com or contact catalogue@delaszlo.com for more information or to offer any contribution.

Literature
Sitters’ Book II, f. 42 Saint Sauveur Laborde, 8 Octobre 1924.

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Lot Essay

The present portrait is mentioned in a letter from the 12th Duc de Gramont to de László, regarding de László’s recently completed portraits and left in his studio in the Duc’s house on Avenue Henri Martin, Paris: “All your portraits are gone except Pauline de Laborde; she left here till she goes in her new flat.” Her painting was among the six portraits de László was commissioned to paint in Paris in October 1924, and included that of the Queen of Greece.

The sitter was born Pauline de Rafelis de Saint Sauveur in Paris on 18 November 1876, the daughter of Paul Marie Raymond de Rafelis de Saint Sauveur (1839-1884) and Henriette Sidonie de Gontaut-Biron (1851-1933). She married Felix Alexandre Jean Leon, Marquis de Laborde (1877-1966) on 24 May 1924 in Paris. She died in Paris on 30 May 1954 at age 77.

The Hon. Mrs de Laszlo and a team of editors are compiling the catalogue raisonné of the artist's entire oeuvre. Katherine Field is the British and Canadian Editor. Please see www.delaszloarchivetrust.com or contact catalogue@delaszlo.com for more information or to offer any contribution.

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