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- Sale 6379
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Sale 6379
| New York
| New York
Estimate$8,000 – $12,000
Provenance:
Parke-Bernet, New York, sale of December 15, 1972, lot 9.
Acquired directly from the above sale.
Private Collection, New York, New York.
Literature:
Daniel Marchesseau, Catalogue Raisonné de L'Œuvre Peint, Éditions du Musée Marie Laurencin, Tokyo, 1986, no. 848, p. 342 (illustrated, as François Legrix).
Lote Note:
François Legrix or Le Grix (1881–1966) was a French journalist, writer, and editor, best known as the director of La Revue Hebdomadaire. A prominent figure in Parisian literary and political circles between the wars, he was close to François Mauriac and other leading intellectuals of the time, and was known within these circles for his wit and the openness with which he expressed his homosexuality. Aside from the present tender portrait by Marie Laurencin, Le Grix is known to have sat for Jacques-Émile Blanche in 1917 (Portrait de François Le Grix, now in the Château-Musée de Dieppe).
Framed: 19 x 17 x 1 in.
The painting is in overall very good condition. There are some slight losses of pigment to the extreme edges, mostly at the bottom edge. There are a few scattered losses, for instance at the top left corner and bottom two corners. The top right corner of the board has some slight warping at the top edge, visible under raking light. There are some pinpoint spots of soiling, for instance at the top left corner. On verso there is some previous adhesive and residue. Under UV light there does not appear to be evidence of restoration.
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