Jeune femme (Young Woman)

Marie Laurencin

1925

  • Titles Jeune femme (Young Woman) (Proper)
  • Artist Marie Laurencin, France, 1883 - 1956
  • Medium oil on canvas
  • Dimensions 18 1/4 × 15 1/4 in. (46.4 × 38.7 cm) frame: 27 7/8 × 24 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (70.8 × 61.6 × 6.4 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift from the William Hansell and Susan Mabry Hulsey Collection, 2000.145
  • Work Type painting
  • Classification Paintings

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