Décor pour un théâtre (Set for a Theater)

Marie Laurencin

1946

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A central figure rides a galloping horse. He holds a weapon in his hand and looks out to the viewer. Behind him, men without armor march with raised weapons. In front of him, men with armor stand looking various ways. A group of soldiers lay dead in the center foreground. In each bottom corners, a man sits in anguish.
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Sketch of three figures. The front figure lays on his back with his left leg raised. The middle figure looks towards the right. The third figure stands in the background over a kitchen stove.
On a hill sits ruins of an ancient structure. In the foreground, a procession of figures walks along a path. They hold a flag with a skull and cross bones topped with a cross. On the right, a woman and child give money to a hooded figure.