LAURENCIN (Marie). Autograph notebook, 11ff. in an in-8 note - Lot 182

LAURENCIN (Marie). Autograph notebook, 11ff. in an in-8 notebook. With later autograph note in ink: "This notebook comes from Spain. Madrid, Malaga, Barcelona, Madrid... 1914-1919". "Animals, dog-cat" (2pp. in-8, in pencil), "Kings and queens" (onep. in-8, in pencil and ink), "Pride reigns in his heart..." (2pp. in8, mainly in ink, with original drawing), "Cheval et moi..." (horse and me...) (onep. in-8, in pencil), "Jevoudrais rêver..." (1/2p. in-8, in pencil), "Lechien de chasse" (2/3p. in-8, in pencil, with later marginal autograph note in pencil, "le chien c'est Coco en Espagne"), "Rêves" (1/2p. in-8, in pencil), "Amour/Mon seul amour/C'est l'amour de la vie..." (1/3p. in-8, in ink), "Chien ton humeur/ est plus mauvaise que la mienne..." (1/3p. in-8), "Humeur. Rêve./ Je voudrais mourir comme un chien/ Sans scandale/ et sans honte,/ par faiblesse" (4vers, in ink), "Tigre espagnol/ est un peintre/ au visage cruel/ Et si j'étais un ange ardent,Avec mon cheval/ et ma lance,/ Je le mettrais en pièces/ Don Juan" (8vers, in ink), "Animaux/ sans patine/ Vous êtes mes seuls amis" (3vers, in ink), "Femme quelconque..." (1/2p. in-8, in pencil), "Àla mer..." (1/4p. in-8), "Àma...(3/4p. in-8, in ink). The sheet bearing the poem "Chien de chasse" bears two autograph notes by Marie Laurencin, added at the time: "L'Angleterre reine des mers en paix, Gabrielle Buffet reine des cœurs en guerre" (Gabrielle Buffet was Francis Picabia's wife at the time) and "Picasso, la cruauté extraordinaire de son visage, d'ailleurs aucune humanité dans son esprit". The original drawing depicts female portraits, apparently self-portraits in mirrors (ink and pen, approx. 4x6cm). Having married the German painter Otto von Wätjen in June 1914, Marie Laurencin was expatriated for the duration of the war, living in Spain, Madrid and Barcelona, where she contributed texts and illustrations to Francis Picabia's magazine 391. After spending time in Germany, Italy and Switzerland, she returned to France in 1921 and divorced her husband that same year. Attached is a photographic portrait of Marie Laurencin (28.7x20.7cm), with handwritten caption on verso, "Marie Laurencin rue Vaneau, 1952".