Marie LAURENCIN (French, 1883-1956). Cubist expressionist portrait of woman, gouache on paper. Signed Artwork is double matted and set behind glass in coated wood frame. Approx Window Size: 14 x17 -- Approx Frame Size: 21 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 1 inches. Good Condition. with frame. French expressionist artwork, portrait art, portraiture, collectible fine art. ‘Marie Laurencin (1883 – 1956) was a French painter and printmaker. She became an important figure in the Parisian avant-garde as a member of the Cubists associated with the Section d'Or. Laurencin's works include paintings, watercolors, drawings, and prints. She is known as one of the few female Cubist painters, with Sonia Delaunay, Marie Vorobieff, and Franciska Clausen. While her work shows the influence of Cubist painters Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque who was her close friend, she developed a unique approach to abstraction which often centered on the representation of groups of women and female portraits. Her work lies outside the bounds