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Marie Laurencin (1883-1956)
Léda
signed and dated 'Marie Laurencin 1923' (lower right)
charcoal, colored pencils and pencil on paper laid down on board
Image size: 8 3/8 x 8 ¼ in. (21.3 x 21 cm.)
Sheet size: 8 3/8 x 9 7/8 in. (21.3 x 25 cm.)
Drawn in 1923
Provenance
Paul and Marguerite Rosenberg, Paris, by 1928, and later New York.  
Private collection, Paris (by descent from the above); sale, Christie's, Paris, 3 December 2007, lot 15.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
M. Jouhandeau, intro., Marie Laurencin, Paris, 1928 (illustrated, pl. XIII; titled Scène champêtre).
D. Marchesseau, Marie Laurencin: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre, Peintures, Céramiques, Oeuvres sur papier, Tokyo, 1999, vol. II, p. 356, no. PP0342 (illustrated).

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