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Fernand Léger
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description
- Fernand Léger
- Projet pour une mosaïque
- Signed FLeger and dedicated au professeur Hoffman son admirateur et ami (lower right); titled (lower left)
- Gouache, watercolor and brush and ink on paper
- 12 3/8 by 7 1/4 in.
- 31.5 by 18.4 cm
Provenance
J. Hoffmann, Berlin (acquired from the artist)
Kunsthandel Lambert Tegenbosch, Heusden aan de Maas
Private Collection, Netherlands (and sold: Sotheby's, London, June 25, 1997, lot 248)
Acquired at the above sale
Kunsthandel Lambert Tegenbosch, Heusden aan de Maas
Private Collection, Netherlands (and sold: Sotheby's, London, June 25, 1997, lot 248)
Acquired at the above sale
Exhibited
Salzburg, Rupertinum Museum moderner Kunst, Fernand Léger. L'Esprit Moderne, 2002, no. VIII, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Literature
Alexander Dückers, Linie, Licht und Schatten, Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski (exhibition catalogue), Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, 1999, illustrated p. 408
Philip Rylands, The Timeless Eye. Master Drawings from the Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection (exhibition catalogue), Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Venice, 1999, illustrated p. 408
Philip Rylands, The Timeless Eye. Master Drawings from the Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection (exhibition catalogue), Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Venice, 1999, illustrated p. 408
Condition
Executed on cream wove paper hinged to a mat at several places along top edge on verso. A few studio stains on the seet. Bottom edge is deckled, other edges are irregularly cut. Number 326 written in pencil on the verso. Black crayon applied lightly on the back of the sheet corresponding to where the image area is on recto. The perimeter of the sheet is reinforced with tape on the verso. Sheet is slightly time darkened, otherwise fine. This work is in generally very good condtiion.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.