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EARLY OLD ANTIQUE

ESTATE FRESH

ANTIQUE

MARIE LAURENCIN French (1883 - 1956)

ORIGINAL ETCHING

artist numbered in pencil / framed and matted

number 14 from the edition of 160

matted and housed in period blond wood frame with

original internationally recognized Ferdinand Roten galleries,

Baltimore, Maryland paper label

titled / notated

circa 1950

"SAPPHO"

"Young Woman With Laurel Flowers"

Poemes De Sapho

1950

one of 69 etchings for Edith de Beaumont’s 1950 translation of the lyric poems of Sappho

we fully warrant and guarantee this to be old, authentic, and true

Marie Laurencin was a renown French painter and printmaker in Paris..... She was a prominent key figure in the the circle of Parisian avant-garde artists and writers from Max Jacob, Gertrude Stein, Cubist artists and friend of George Braque, Picasso, and exhibited works with Pablo Picasso, Cubists Jean Metzinger, Albert Gleizes, Robert Delaunay, Henri le Fauconnier, and Francis Picabia, at the Salon des Indépendants (1910-1911) and the Salon d'Automne (1911-1912), and Galeries Dalmau (1912) at the first Cubist exhibition in Spain....to Man Ray, the american avante garde photographer / living in Paris during the "glory years"

exquisitely defined etching on rich warm lana wove paper

composition is superb, exceptionally well-detailed,

tonality is uniform, beautifully and artistically rendered

superb original matting and period blond wood frame

surface is clean, tonality is good, detailing is excellent

slight toning around the outer margins

signed and dated in pencil in the lower left margin

backside original internationally recognized Ferdinand Roten Gallery label

Baltimore 2 Maryland

~~excellent estate condition~~

has been beautifully preserved

not examined out of frame

surface is clean, image is crisp, detailing is superb

backside gallery paper label is intact with provenance

mild paper toning overall

we fully warrant and guarantee this to be old, authentic, and true

PLEASE CONSIDER THIS PIECE IS AN ANTIQUE.....BY ITS VERY NATURE OF BEING OLD, IT IS NOT "DEAD MINT" or PERFECT PLEASE CONSIDER ANY MANUFACTURING IMPERFECTIONS INDICATIVE OF THE PERIOD IN WHICH IT WAS MADE AND WITH WEAR CONSISTENT WITH AGE, CONTACT, HANDLING, AND USAGE

EXCELLENT ESTATE CONDITION

NO SOILING, NO ALTERATIONS, NO STAINING, NO FOXING , NO SEEPAGE,

SLIGHT TONING

FRAME IS IN FINE CONDITION....NO CRACKS, SPLITS, HAIRLINES, BREAKS

WEAR TO OUTER CORNERS COMMENSURATE WITH AGE

APPROX MEAS

OVERALL: 15" HIGH by 11 5/8" WIDE

SIGHT SIZE : 6 3/8" HIGH by 5" WIDE

THIS IS A RARE AND REMARKABLE ORIGINAL PERIOD MARIE LAURENCIN ETCHING

WILL MAKE AN EXCEPTIONAL ADDITION FOR ART AND BOOK COLLECTORS ALIKE

if you have time, please take a peek at the other items we have listed

PLEASE FEEL COMFORTABLE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS AND REVIEW ALL PHOTOS DURING THE AUCTION
AS AMPLE TIME IS PROVIDED TO ADDRESS ANY ISSUES OR CONCERNS YOU MAY HAVE

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WISH ADDITIONAL PICTURES, WE ARE HAPPY TO ASSIST
I SHALL WRAP YOUR ETCHING WITH EXTREME CARE AND SHIP HOME TO YOU WITHIN ONE DAY

ALL SHIPPING IS FOR CALCULATED USPS PRIORITY SHIPPING INSURED FOR BUYERS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES

PAYMENT IS KINDLY EXPECTED WITHIN 3 DAYS

all my thanks! good luck! cheers, z-

PLEASE NOTE: ALL items we sell are estate old antiques or used collectibles- Please expect considerable "age usage" and wear on all items unless otherwise specifically stated in the description MEANING "damaged", "chipped", cracked", "repaired" or otherwise...ALL ITEMS ARE ANTIQUE IN NATURE AND SUCH PIECES DO OCCASIONALLY HAVE MANUFACTURING FLAWS INDICATIVE OF THE PERIOD IN WHICH THEY WERE MADE...refund is entitled if item has been misrepresented, or evidence of damage in shipping with photo documentation.