M arie Laurencin is an icon of the Paris avant-garde, who created a distinctive style melding elements of Cubism and Fauvism. One of the rarest examples of queer female artists in that era, Laurencin played a significant role in the modernist movements dominated by her male peers. Laurencin’s unique voice and stylistic innovations have garnered increasing recognition in recent years, as art historians and critics reevaluate the contributions of women to modernist movements.

Favouring escapist imagery in soft, pastel hues and delicate, lyrical forms, Laurencin offers a self-sufficient vision of feminine affection and sensibility in her dreamlike representations of only women.

Written at the top right corner, Laurencin dedicated this portrait to Micheline Rosenberg, the daughter of the major art dealer Paul Rosenberg. Paul Rosenberg was a long-term agent of Laurencin and represented modern pioneers such as Picasso and Matisse.

Laurencin’s works are collects ed by major museums, such as MoMA (New York), Musée d'Orsay (Paris), Tate Modern (London) and National Museum of Modern Art (Tokyo). Her work was also exhibited at the 2025 exhibition “City of Others: Asian Artists in Paris, 1920s-1940s” at National Gallery Singapore.

瑪 麗·羅蘭珊是巴黎前衛藝術派系的一員，其獨特風格融合立體派和野獸派元素。作為當時少數的酷兒女性藝術家之一，羅蘭珊在由男性同儕主導的現代主義運動中扮演著重要的角色。 隨著藝術史學家和評論家重新評估女性在現代主義運動中的貢獻，羅蘭珊獨特的眼光與創新的風格在近年來獲得更廣泛認可。

羅蘭珊偏愛柔和的粉彩色調，並以細膩、抒情的筆觸，在畫作中提供了一種自給自足的女性情感與敏感的視角，展現她對描繪女性的夢幻般的表現。

羅蘭珊在畫作右上角寫明將這幅肖像獻給米其林·羅森伯格，她是著名藝術經銷商保羅·羅森伯格的女兒。保羅·羅森伯格是羅蘭珊的長期代理人，並曾代理畢加索和馬蒂斯等現代藝術先驅。

羅蘭珊的作品由各地重要博物館收藏，如紐約現代藝術博物館（MoMA）、巴黎奧賽博物館、倫敦泰特現代美術館及東京國立近代美術館等。其作品更在2025年新加坡國家美術館舉辦之展覽《他者之城：1920年代至1940年代巴黎的亞洲藝術家》中展出。