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Girl, Mule and Squirrel: Picasso Student Woman Artist Irene Lagut, 1942, Folk Scene Mixed Media Watercolour and Coloured Pencil Drawing
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Girl, Mule and Squirrel: Picasso Student Woman Artist Irene Lagut, 1942, Folk Scene Mixed Media Watercolour and Coloured Pencil Drawing

1920 - 1940
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A very evocative and delicate work by Irène Lagut, a French woman artist who was at the forefront of modernity in early 20th Century Paris. She studied with Picasso in the 1910s and 20s, and the Master became so enamoured with her that he proposed mariage! Irène refused, not least because of her love for the painter Serge Jastrebzoff (known as Serge Férat) with whom she had a stormy affair and with whom she lived for 7 years. Working alongside Serge's friends Max Jacob , Chirico and Gino Severini, Irène made her debut at the first exhibition of the Soirées de Paris, which presented paintings by Léopold Survage and drawings and watercolors by Irène. The catalog was prefaced by poet Guillaume Apollinaire.

While clearly finding inspiration in everything she saw - folk art, surrealism, neo primitivism, extra european art - Irène had an absoluteley unique style. With a dreamlike atmosphere and a lot of poetry, she created her own world, which you will discover in the small work presented here. Measuring 14 x 19 cm, the watercolour and coloured pencil drawing is signed and dated 1942 at the lower right. The overall framed size is 30 x 36 cm.

Physical Dimensions
Height
14cm (5.51")
Width
19cm (7.48")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
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Skippings Fine Arts has dated this Irene Lagut Watercolour Drawing to the 1940s.

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A very evocative and delicate work by Irène Lagut, a French woman artist who was at the forefront of modernity in early 20th Century Paris. She studied with Picasso in the 1910s and 20s, and the Master became so enamoured with her that he proposed mariage! Irène refused, not least because of her love for the painter Serge Jastrebzoff (known as Serge Férat) with whom she had a stormy affair and with whom she lived for 7 years. Working alongside Serge's friends Max Jacob , Chirico and Gino Severini, Irène made her debut at the first exhibition of the Soirées de Paris, which presented paintings by Léopold Survage and drawings and watercolors by Irène. The catalog was prefaced by poet Guillaume Apollinaire.
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While clearly finding inspiration in everything she saw - folk art, surrealism, neo primitivism, extra european art - Irène had an absoluteley unique style.
Skippings Fine Arts

With a dreamlike atmosphere and a lot of poetry, she created her own world, which you will discover in the small work presented here. Measuring 14 x 19 cm, the watercolour and coloured pencil drawing is signed and dated 1942 at the lower right. The overall framed size is 30 x 36 cm.

Height
14cm (5.51")
Width
19cm (7.48")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
Date of Manufacture

Skippings Fine Arts has dated this Irene Lagut Watercolour Drawing to the 1940s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1007973
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A soft-toned mixed media drawing depicting a young girl walking alongside a laden mule in a rural landscape with a church spire in the background.
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Archive I A soft-toned mixed media drawing depicting a young girl walking alongside a laden mule in a rural landscape with a church spire in the background.

Girl, Mule and Squirrel: Picasso Student Woman Artist Irene Lagut, 1942, Folk Scene Mixed Media Watercolour and Coloured Pencil Drawing

Archive II A soft-toned mixed media drawing depicting a young girl walking alongside a laden mule in a rural landscape with a church spire in the background. View II
Archive III A soft-toned mixed media drawing depicting a young girl walking alongside a laden mule in a rural landscape with a church spire in the background. View III
Archive IV A soft-toned mixed media drawing depicting a young girl walking alongside a laden mule in a rural landscape with a church spire in the background. View IV
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A soft-toned mixed media drawing depicting a young girl walking alongside a laden mule in a rural landscape with a church spire in the background.
Girl, mule and squirrel: Picasso student woman artist Irene Lagut, 1942, folk scene mixed media watercolour and coloured pencil drawing
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A soft-toned mixed media drawing depicting a young girl walking alongside a laden mule in a rural landscape with a church spire in the background.
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Mid-20th century French naive art works often feature simplified forms, narrative storytelling, and flattened perspective, combining traditional regional themes with modern artistic techniques.

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