About This Artwork

Marie Laurencin
French, 1885-1956

Circus Rider, n.d.

Graphite on cream wove paper, laid down on ivory board
258 x 210 mm (primary support); 293 x 244 mm (secondary support)
Signed recto, lower right, in graphite: "M.L."
Given in memory of Charles Barnett Goodspeed by Mrs. Charles B. Goodspeed, 1947.857

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. 54, as Les Biches.

Ownership History

Mrs. Charles Goodspeed (née Elizabeth Fuller, later Mrs. Gilbert Chapman; 1893–1980), Chicago, by 1938 [Chicago 1938]; given to the AIC, 1947.