During the early years of the 20th century, Marie Laurencin was an important figure in the Parisian avant-garde and a member of the circle of Pablo Picasso. She became romantically involved with Picasso’s friend, the poet Guillaume Apollinaire, and has often been identified as his muse. In addition, Laurencin had important connections to the salon of the American expatriate and famed lesbian writer Natalie Clifford Barney.
During the First World War, Laurencin left France for exile in Spain with her German-born husband, Baron Otto von Watjen, since through her marriage she had automatically lost her French citizenship. The couple subsequently lived together briefly in Dusseldorf. After they divorced in 1920, she returned to Paris, where she lived for the rest of her life and where she achieved great success as an artist.
Laurencin, Marie
1927 Etching Signed and numbered 19 ¾ x 12 ¾ in Edition of 10 SOLD1922 Etching Signed and numbered 8 ¾ x 11 in Edition of 50 SOLD1928 Etching Signed and numbered 10 ¼ x 8 ¼ in Edition of 25 SOLDDuring the First World War, Laurencin left France for exile in Spain with her German-born husband, Baron Otto von Watjen, since through her marriage she had automatically lost her French citizenship. The couple subsequently lived together briefly in Dusseldorf. After they divorced in 1920, she returned to Paris, where she lived for the rest of her life and where she achieved great success as an artist.