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C'est de Madrid en février 1915, où elle s'est exilée avec son mari, le baron Otto von Waetjen, qu'elle envoie à Guillaume ce délicat portrait du poète en uniforme d'artilleur souligné d'un très cocardier "Vive la France" bien fait pour plaire à celui qui avait choisi, malgré son statut d'étranger, de servir son pays d'adoption.
It was in February 1915 from Madrid, to where she had fled with her husband, the baron Otto Von Waetjen, that Laurencin sent to Guillaume this delicate portrait of the poet in an artillery uniform. Underlined by a very patriotic "Vive la France", it aimed to please her friend who had chosen, despite his foreign status, to serve his adoptive country.
It was in February 1915 from Madrid, to where she had fled with her husband, the baron Otto Von Waetjen, that Laurencin sent to Guillaume this delicate portrait of the poet in an artillery uniform. Underlined by a very patriotic "Vive la France", it aimed to please her friend who had chosen, despite his foreign status, to serve his adoptive country.