Bidspirit auction | Marie Laurencin (1883-1956)

Marie Laurencin (1883-1956) - Girl with a Dog. Color lithograph on paper Sheet dimensions: 55 x 46 cm, 94.5 x 80.5 cm (with frame) Signed in pencil at the bottom: Marie Laurencin Edition: 112/150 The painting depicts a young woman with delicate, almost ethereal features, accompanied by a dog. The work is in Marie Laurencin's characteristic ”feminine style, ” celebrating delicacy in contrast to the austerity of the male avant-garde of the time. Pastel tones dominate here—blues, pinks, subtle grays, and off-whites—and the artist forgoes sharp contrasts in favor of gentle tonal transitions. The woman's figure is adorned with pearls and a decorative hat with a blue ribbon, and her melancholic, distant gaze gives the work a dreamlike, dreamy quality. Stylistically, the work represents a unique blend of simplified Cubist forms with the subtlety and grace of Rococo, creating the artist's own, recognizable visual language. Marie Laurencin (1883-1956) was a French painter and printmaker. She was the first woman to paint in the Cubist style. She is known for her paintings of ethereal female figures. She was close to Braque, Picasso, Matisse, and Appollinaire. In the early 20th century, she occupied a prominent place during a period of art explosion with genius. She lived in the Montmartre district of Paris and became part of the circle around the Steins. Although her early portraits show the imprint of the Fauves and Cubists, her romantic and delicate temperament defied these schools. She was primitive, conservative, and always wore a kitchen apron when painting. She had a famous affair with Guilliam Appollinaire, the great contemporary French critic. Additional fees: +5% / 3% Droit de suite