About This Artwork
Marie Laurencin
French, 1885-1956
Dancer, Arms in Second Position1912
Brush and black ink, with gray wash, over graphite on buff wove paper, discolored to tan
217 x 168 mm
Signed recto, lower left, in graphite: "Marie Larencin/ 1912"
Bequest of Mrs. Gordon Palmer, 1985.482
Prints and Drawings
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
Chicago, Arts Club, "Loan Exhibition of Modern Paintings and Drawings from Private Collections in Chicago," November 4–25, 1938, cat. 70.
Ownership History
Mrs. Potter Palmer II (née Pauline Kohlsaat; d. 1956), Chicago, by 1938 [Chicago 1938]; by descent to her son, Gordon Palmer (1914–1964), Sarasota, Fla.; by descent to his wife, Janis H. Palmer (1917–1984), Sarasota, Fla.; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1985.