* Marie Laurencin 1883-1956 (French) Mélancolie, 1933 oil on canvas 46 x 38 cm (18 x 15 in.) signed and dated upper right Provenance: Lady H. Abrahams, London. Sale: Christie's London, July 1, 1964, lot 142. Acquired at the above sale. Important private collection, New York. Literature: Charlotte Gere, Marie Laurencin, Paris, 1977, p.66 (illustrated). Daniel Marchesseau, Marie Laurencin: Catalogue Raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, 1883-1956, Chino, Japan, 1986, p.245, n.558 (illustrated).