Marie Laurencin (1885-1956)

Dans son beau jardin

Details

Marie Laurencin (1885-1956)
Dans son beau jardin
signed, dated and dedicated on the frontispiece 'Marie Laurencin 1931 Dans son beau jardin, illustre à la main, pour Madame Robert Ellissen'
watercolor and pencil illustrations in book
Image sizes vary from: 1¼ x 1¼in. (3.2 x 3.2cm.) to
7¾ x 4¾in. (19.7 x 12cm.)
Page sizes vary from: 7¾ x 4 7/8in. (19.7 x 12.5cm.) to
9 1/8 x 5¾in. (23.2 x 14.6cm.)
Painted circa 1931 (39)

Provenance

Mme. Robert Ellissen, Paris (acquired from the artist, 1931)
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, Dec. 1, 1988, lot 218 (acquired by the present owner)

Lot Essay

The artist has decorated this copy of the book Dans son Beau Jardin by Comte de Comminges, published by La Palatine à la Librarie Plow, Paris, 1930, with 39 watercolor illustrations.
Thirty-nine watercolors in one lot (39)