Emanuel von Baeyer Gallery is delighted to host The Parisian Amazon: Sapphic Symbolism in Marie Laurencin's Prints,  an interactive talk by art historian and independent curator Tara Keny at 18 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4HE, Saturday 17th May at 4 pm.

Female artistic and literary circles thrived in early-twentieth-century Paris and many took an active interest in the revival of writings by the Greek poet Sappho.

One key figure was the writer and socialite Natalie Clifford Barney. Known as "the Amazon" among Parisians, she was an Ohio native and heiress to a railroad fortune. A close friend of Laurencin, Barney served as an inspiration for her poetry and her coded equestrian imagery.

In her intimate garden, tucked away on 20 rue Jacob, Barney hosted the city's brightest artists and intellectuals, encouraging all who came to treat their life as an art form, to be true to themselves and open to their sexuality. Regulars included the writers Colette, Gertrude Stein, as well as Marie Laurencin, the publisher Sylvia Beach, and the artist Romaine Brooks.

During this lecture Tara Keny will share how the artistic lives of Laurencin, Barney, and others intertwined during this fascinating time in Paris through an interpretation of coded refereneces in her prints. This talk follows Keny's lecture given at the Columbus Museum of Art in 2024.
 

RSVP to cecilcourt@evbaeyer.com