Lot 47
  • 47

Fernand Léger

Estimate
300,000 - 400,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Fernand Léger
  • Mère et enfant
  • stamped with the monogram F.L. (lower right)
  • gouache on paper
  • 62.4 x 49.8 cm ; 24 1/2 x 19 5/8 in.

Provenance

Nadia Léger (widow of the artist)
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (acquired from the above)
Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo (acquired from the above in the 1970s)
Private Collection, Japan (acquired from the above in the 1980s)
Acquired from the above

Condition

Executed on white wove paper, not laid down, attached to the overmount at the upper and side edges. The right edge is uneven with associated scuffs and nicks and the upper right and lower left corners are missing. There is an artists pinhole in the centre of the upper edge. There are traces of old the on the reverse at the upper and lower edges. There are some tiny black spots of pigment in the upper right corner. Apart from some light creasing and handling dirt this work is in overall very good original condition.
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