Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale
Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale
Property from an Important Private Collection, Chicago
Fernand Léger
La Roue de l'échelle
Lot Closed
May 14, 04:10 PM GMT
Estimate
800,000 - 1,200,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Private Collection, Chicago
Fernand Léger
1881 - 1955
La Roue de l'échelle
Signed F. Léger and dated 47 (lower right)
Oil on canvas
36 ¼ by 23 ⅝ in. (92 by 65.2 cm)
Framed: 50 ⅝ by 37 ⅞ in. (128.7 by 96 cm)
Painted in 1947.
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris
Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm
Private Collection, Denmark
Private Collection, Europe (acquired from the above in 1956)
Harriet Griffin Fine Arts, Inc., New York
Acquired from the above by 1985
Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm
Private Collection, Denmark
Private Collection, Europe (acquired from the above in 1956)
Harriet Griffin Fine Arts, Inc., New York
Acquired from the above by 1985
David Cooper, Fernand Léger et le nouvel espace, Geneva, 1949, illustrated p. 143
Svend Schultz, Hvor der moderne Kunst star i daag, Copenhagen, 1951, illustrated in color on the cover
Georges Bauquier, Fernand Léger, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint 1944-1948, Paris, 2000, no. 1279, illustrated in color p. 193
Svend Schultz, Hvor der moderne Kunst star i daag, Copenhagen, 1951, illustrated in color on the cover
Georges Bauquier, Fernand Léger, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint 1944-1948, Paris, 2000, no. 1279, illustrated in color p. 193