Marie LAURENCIN: Ballet, The Does, Signed Stencil
Ballet, The Does, 1954
Phototype and stencil after a watercolor (Nourisson and Monnier Workshop)
Signed in the plate
On paper, 21 x 18 cm
INFORMATION: Stencil made in 1954 from the watercolor painted by Marie Laurencin for the ballet "Les Biches" (music by Francis Poulenc) staged by the Monaco Opera with choreography by Nijinska at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris, on May 26, 1924.
Excellent condition
Marie Laurencin :
(1883-1956) is a woman painter, illustrator, engraver and writter, a time fellow studdent of Braque, Matisse, Picasso, her unclassifiable style places itself between cubism and fauvism closed to magic realism. Marie Laurencin is a very revered artist in Europe but also in US and Japan where an entire museum is dedicated to her.
Her works can be seen in many museums, As in The US, The Walker Art Center, The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, The Barnes Foundation, The MOMA, The Carnegie Museum of art, or The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The Bridgestone Museum of art Ishibashi Foundation, The Nagoya City Art Museum, The Fuji Art Museum, and of course The Marie Laurencin Museum in Japan. The "Centre Pompidou" (National Museum of modern Art) and The "Orangerie" Museum in Paris. The Ashmolean Museum of Art and The Tate Collection in UK .
Also in The Nykytaiteen museo Kiasma (Finland), The Winnipeg Art Gallery (Canada), The Albertina (Austria), The Moderna Museet (Sweden) or The Auckland Art Gallery (Australia).
Stencil :
The stencil is a printing technique made using a cover (in zinc for example) that prevents paint or ink from flowing. The stencil is then applied to the printed proof by etching, lithography, screen printing or phototyping. Many stencils must be traced and cut to obtain an accurate reproduction of the work.
