Marie LAURENCIN (French 1883-1956)

"The fan" Set of 10 dry point etchings 20 x 11 cm (paper) 9 cm x 7,5 cm (etching) each INFORMATIONS: Suite des 10 eaux-fortes de l'ouvrage "Eventail", publié par la NRF en 1922 et limité à 335 exemplaires. Ces dix gravures accompagnaient 10 textes sur Marie Laurencin rédigés par ses amis; il s'agit donc d'autoportraits gravés par Marie Laurencin. Nous présentons ici une rare suite hors texte, non décrite dans l'édition. REFERENCES: Catalogue raisonné Marchesseau 40 à 49 Marie Laurencin: (1883-1956) is a woman painter, illustrator, engraver and writter, a time fellow studdent of Braque, Matisse, Picasso, her unclassifiable style places itself between cubism and fauvism closed to magic realism. Marie Laurencin is a very revered artist in Europe but also in US and Japan where an entire museum is dedicated to her. Her works can be seen in many museums, As in The US, The Walker Art Center, The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, The Barnes Foundation, The MOMA, The Carnegie Museum of art, or The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The Bridgestone Museum of art Ishibashi Foundation, The Nagoya City Art Museum, The Fuji Art Museum, and of course The Marie Laurencin Museum in Japan. The "Centre Pompidou" (National Museum of modern Art) and The "Orangerie" Museum in Paris. The Ashmolean Museum of Art and The Tate Collection in UK. Also in The Nykytaiteen museo Kiasma (Finland), The Winnipeg Art Gallery (Canada), The Albertina (Austria), The Moderna Museet (Sweden) or The Auckland Art Gallery (Australia).