Sale 12294
London, South Kensington
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24 June 2016
Price realised
GBP 16,250
Estimate
Marie Laurencin (1883-1956) Marcelle Auclair signed and dated 'Marie Laurencin 1938' (upper right) oil on board 12 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. (32.8 x 23.8 cm.) Painted in 1938
Provenance
Marcelle Auclair, Paris, by descent from the artist; her Succession sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21 November 1983, lot 25. Anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, 27 June 1984, lot 176.
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Literature
D. Marchesseau, Marie Laurencin, Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint, Tokyo, 1986, no. 700 (illustrated p. 292).
Sold with a photo-certificate from Gibert Pétridès.
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