Marie Laurencin was born in Paris and studied at the Academie Humbert. She was an important figure in the Paris avant-garde and a member of the circle of Picasso and Braque and the cubists. She was associated with the Section d’Or artists such as Albert Gleizes and Robert and Sonia Delauney exhibiting with them at the Salon des Independents 1910-11 and at the Salon a’Autumne 1911-12. Although a noted painter, she worked often in the graphic medium of etching and lithography illustrating books and contributing to journals. Ref: Daniel Marchesseau (1981) Catalogue of the graphic works.