Pencil lead multi-colored - Marie Laurencin - Portrait of Mademoiselle Chanel
CU400915
This pencil with lead multi-colored is illustrated with a detail of the work of Marie Laurencin (1883-1956), Portrait of Mademoiselle Chanel, 1923, preserved at the Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris.
Marie Laurencin (1883-1956)
Portrait of Mademoiselle Chanel, 1923
Oil on canvas. H. 92 ; L. 73 cm with frame...
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This pencil with lead multi-colored is illustrated with a detail of the work of Marie Laurencin (1883-1956), Portrait of Mademoiselle Chanel, 1923, preserved at the Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris.
Marie Laurencin (1883-1956)
Portrait of Mademoiselle Chanel, 1923
Oil on canvas. H. 92 ; L. 73 cm with frame H. 109,3 ; L. 90 cm
© Foujita Foundation / Adagp, Paris, 2025 © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée de l'Orangerie)
In the autumn of 1923, Marie Laurencin was working for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes established in Paris, Monte-Carlo and London, and was designing the costumes and sets for the ballet Les Biches [The Does]. At the same time, Coco Chanel (1883-1971) was creating the costumes for the same company's Le Train Bleu [The Blue Train] operetta based on the scenario by Jean Cocteau and music by Darius Milhaud. Already rich and famous, Coco Chanel commissioned Marie Laurencin to paint her portrait, who was just beginning her career as a portrait painter.
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