- Titles Deux filles (Two Girls) (Proper)
- Artist Marie Laurencin, France, 1883 - 1956
- Medium watercolor and graphite
- Dimensions sheet: 13 13/16 × 10 1/4 in. (35.1 × 26 cm) mat: 18 1/4 × 14 3/4 in. (46.4 × 37.5 cm) frame: 21 1/2 × 18 × 2 1/4 in. (54.6 × 45.7 × 5.7 cm)
- Credit Line Gift from the William Hansell and Susan Mabry Hulsey Collection, 2000.141
- Work Type painting
- Classification Paintings
- Signature Signed in pencil, lower left: Marie Laurencin [underlined]
- Marks None
- Inscription Recto and verso: none Verso of frame, now removed and in object file: Label, printed and typed: [text at top is torn] / INVITED / THE ART INSTITUE OF CHICAGO / 17 th[superscript] INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION / OF WATER COLORS-1938 / ARTIST MARIE LAURENCIN / ADDRESS FINDLAY GALLERIES, INC. / TITLE DEAX [sic.] FILLES / PRICE $400. RETURN ADDRESS 8 E. 57 th[superscript] St. N.Y.C. Label, printed and typed: NUMBER C-2092 SIZE 13 1/2 X 10 / SUBJECT DEAX [sic.] FILLES / ARTST MARIE LAURENCIN / REMARKS: Label, typed: N° 312 / Deux fillettes Label, handwritten in brown ink: 312 [in scalloped circle] Label, handwritten in brown ink: 312 Label, handwritten in black ink: 212 [underlined and crossed out] Label, handwritten in red ink: 628 [crossed out] Stamp, in black ink, inside circle: IMPORTATION / PARIS / [surrounded by] DOUANE CENTRALE Stamp, in black ink: Rocatto[?] / de Paris / Chapelle / [surrounding] DOUANES [star] FRANÇAISES [star] Stamp, in black ink: PARIS / [surrounded by] • DOUANES • EXPOSITION Handwritten possibly in chalk: 38 [underlined] / 1743 / C209 Handwritten possibly in chalk: 265 [in circle] Handwritten in pencil: avec le cadre [underlined] Verso of frame, now removed and missing: Label: 4356 Label: TRANSPORTS INTERNATIONAUX [underlined] / ARTHUR LENARS & CIE / 22 bis, Rue de Paradis - PARIS-Xe / Tél. 770-30-34 Handwritten in white chalk: 2 / MARie LAURENCiN Handwritten in graphite: 610[underlined] / 9
- Provenance Paul Guillaume (1891-1934), Paris; inherited by his widow, Domenica Guillaume Walter (1898-1977) [see note 1]. Dealer Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York; purchased by Mr. William Hansell Hulsey (1901-1985) and Mrs. Susan Mabry Hulsey (1905-2000), 1964; by bequest to the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, 2000
1. Domenica's maiden name was Juliette Lacaze. Domenica was a nickname given to her by Paul Guillaume. She was remarried to the architect, Jean Walter, in 1938.
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