Marie LAURENCIN (Paris, 1883 - Paris, 1956)

Portrait of a Woman, circa 1908-1909. Oil on wood panel. Signed lower right "Marie Laurencin". Label on the back (in English) with the name "Sullivan". 27 x 21 cm. Provenance : - Private collection, Paris. This hitherto unpublished painting, recently discovered because it had remained in a private collection for decades, is one of a small series of portraits and self-portraits that the artist produced between 1908 and 1910, including portraits of Clara d'Ellébeuse, Jean Royère, André Salmon, Max Jacob and the two oil paintings Apollinaire et ses amis, featuring Guillaume Apollinaire, Pablo Picasso, Marie Laurencin, Fernande Olivier and Gertrude Stein. Gertrude Stein. Listed in the Marie Laurencin Archives compiled by Daniel Marchesseau, author of the catalog raisonné of the painter's work. According to Mr. Marchesseau, "this painting on wood is very interesting, from Marie Laurencin's first period".