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MARIE LAURENCIN (1883-1956)
La sirène
Details
MARIE LAURENCIN (1883-1956)
La sirène
signed 'Marie Laurencin' (lower centre); dated and inscribed 'Paris le 13 Août 1953' (underneath)
hand painted ceramic plate
diameter: 12 5⁄8 in. (32 cm.)
Executed on 13 August 1953; this work is unique
La sirène
signed 'Marie Laurencin' (lower centre); dated and inscribed 'Paris le 13 Août 1953' (underneath)
hand painted ceramic plate
diameter: 12 5⁄8 in. (32 cm.)
Executed on 13 August 1953; this work is unique
Provenance
Galerie Bénézit [Madame de la Chapelle], Paris.
Daniel Malingue, Paris.
Private collection.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 6 February 2008, lot 477.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Daniel Malingue, Paris.
Private collection.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 6 February 2008, lot 477.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
D. Marchesseau, Marie Laurencin, Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre, vol. II, Peintures, Céramiques, Œuvres sur papier, Tokyo, 1999, no. 1668, p. 268 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Tokyo, Odakyu Museum, À Paris, Cafés d'artistes et leurs légendes: Montmartre, Montparnasse et Saint-Germain-des-Prés, October - November 1999, no. 28, p. 87 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Mie, Prefectoral Museum, November - December 1999; Yokohama, Sogo Museum, January 2000; Osaka, Daimaru Museum Umeda, February 2000 and Takamatsu, Municipal Museum of Art, February - March 2000.
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