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Oct 25, 2021–Mar 10, 2024. 2 other works identified. works. Marie Laurencin. Self-Portrait (Autoportrait). 1906. Pencil on paper. 13 3/4 x 12 1/4" (34.9 x 31.1 cm). Purchase. 17.1953. © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Drawings and Prints.
Jan 18, 2022 · The two Laurencin self-portraits are taken from her sketchbooks and are drawn in pencil, one with the addition of colored pencil. Both are signed and dated 1906, and are characteristic of an early period of her work in which she worked in a more naturalistic manner.
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Jan 16, 2024 · An early Laurencin painting was Self-Portrait (1905), a subject she returned to throughout her career. By spring 1907 she had met Picasso, who took an interest in her work and introduced her...
- Childhood
- Early Training and Work
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- The Legacy of Marie Laurencin
Marie Laurencin was born in Paris on October 31, 1883, and grew up in an apartment with her mother, Pauline Laurencin. Laurencin was an illegitimate child and did not dare to ask her mother about her father, the politician Alfred Toulet, learning his identity only at the age of 21, though he visited the pair occasionally. Laurencin's ongoing celebr...
Laurencin, who described her late teenage years as "sad, ugly and devoid of hope," responded to her academic failure by beginning to draw self-portraits, which she would continue throughout her life, and studying porcelain painting at the École de Sèvres. In 1903, she moved to the Académie Humbert, where she worked on drawing, painting and printmak...
Laurencin's world became, after the war, far more closed. She appears to have protected her privacy more intensely than in earlier years and her experimentation with prevailing artistic trends was dropped in favor of her personal vision, creating the pastel portraits of women and dogs for which she is now known. Laurencin had a reputation, in this ...
In later years, Laurencin became increasingly isolated, suffering from bouts of depression and other health complaints, though she continued to paint throughout. Her primary companion was her maid, Suzanne Moreau, who had lived with her since 1925. It is unclear if Laurencin and Moreau were romantically linked, but this seems likely; they were cert...
After her death, Marie Laurencin's work was largely forgotten until the 1970s, when there was a resurgence of interest spurred by Feminist and Queer Arthistorians. There were a number of books published, including catalogues raisonnés of both her engravings and her paintings, during the 1980s, and prominent exhibitions in France and the United Stat...
- French
- October 31, 1883
- Paris, France
- June 8, 1956
Self-Portrait. c. 1904–06. Marie Laurencin. French, 1885-1956. Status. Currently Off View. Department. Prints and Drawings. Artist. Marie Laurencin. Title. Self-Portrait. Place. France (Artist's nationality:) Date. 1894–1906. Medium.
Marie Laurencin (31 October 1883 – 8 June 1956) was a French painter and printmaker. ... 1924, Self-Portrait, oil on canvas. Collections
