Marie Laurencin: Sapphic Paris

Parisian-born artist Marie Laurencin (1883-1956) moved seamlessly between the cubist avant-garde and lesbian literary and artistic circles, as well as the realm of fashion, ballet, and decorative arts. This book offers a long-overdue reassessment of her career, including her early experiments with cubism; her exile in Spain during World War I; her collaborative projects with major figures such as André Mare, Serge Diaghilev, Francis Poulenc, and André Groult; and her role in the emergence of a “Sapphic modernity” in Paris in the 1920s.

Edited by Simonetta Fraquelli and Cindy Kang

Contributions by Jelena Kristic, Christine Poggi, Rachel Silveri, Corrinne Chong and Oriane Poret

Hardcover, 208 pages, 112 color and 64 black-and-white illustrations.