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Promenade

Book TitleLes sœurs Brontë, filles du vent
Artist Marie Laurencin (French, 1885 - 1956)
Date1930
MediumColor lithograph with wax colored pencil on light cream, laid paper
DimensionsImage: 11 × 9 3/4 inches (27.94 × 24.77 cm)
Sheet: 15 1/4 × 11 inches (38.74 × 27.94 cm)
Mat: 17 1/2 × 14 1/2 inches (44.45 × 36.83 cm)
Framed: 19 1/4 × 16 1/4 inches (48.9 × 41.28 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Bloch
Object number2026.31
SignedSigned on sheet center under image, in pencil: "Laurencin 100/115"
InscribedInscribed under signature in ink: "Promenade"; in pencil lower left of image: "100/115"; in pencil bottom right corner: "570A" (?)
Edition/State/Proof100/115
On View
Not on view
DescriptionThree young women walk alonside each other in a row. The skirts of their dresses puff up over their legs astride. Ahead of them, a black dog turns its head around to look at the trio.Provenance

With Kyunart Inc., New York, NY, until May 23, 2026;

Purchased from Kyunart Inc. by Robert L. Bloch (b. 1952), Kansas City, MO, May 23-June 3, 2026;

His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 3, 2026.

Published References

René Crevel and Marie Laurencin, Les Sœurs Brontë, filles du vent (Paris: Éditions des Quatre Chemins, 1930).

Daniel Marchesseau, Marie Laurencin: Catalogue Raisonne de l'Oeuvre Grave (Tokyo: Kyuryudo, 1981), 35, n. 145 (repro.)


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