Woman Arranging Her Hair

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Laurens stood out as a leading figure in Cubist sculpture and was closely tied to Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in Paris at the start of the twentieth century. He honed his skills as a stonemason, thoroughly immersing himself in the French traditions of stone carving. Woman Arranging Her Hair is a masterpiece from his prime, carved nearly thirty years after he focused exclusively on the female nude. The angles of the rounded body and elongated limbs deviate sharply from Classical norms but forge their own unique form of sculpture beauty.