Three Girls
1876 to 1900
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etching in black on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 12.9 x 7.8 cm (5 1/16 x 3 1/16 in.) sheet: 18.5 x 15.2 cm (7 5/16 x 6 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
The John U. and Evelyn S. Nef Collection
Accession Number
2011.60.69
Art Historical Context
Marie Laurencin's *Three Girls* is a etching in black on wove paper, capturing the artist's signature grace and femininity. Created between 1876 and 1900, this intimate print measures just 12.9 x 7.8 cm on the plate, inviting close contemplation. Laurencin, a French and printmaker associated with early 20th-century modernism, often depicted women and girls with soft, lyrical lines and a dreamlike elegance influenced by Fauvism Cubism, though her work retained a uniquely tender, decorative quality. Etching, an intaglio technique where acid etches designs into a metal plate, allowed Laurencin t...