Lot 11
  • 11

Fernand Léger

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Description

  • Fernand Léger
  • Projet pour un mural
  • Signed with the initials F.L. and dated 24 (lower right)
  • Gouache on paper
  • 14 3/4 by 7 1/8 in.
  • 37.5 by 18.1 cm

Provenance

The artist, France
Galerie Bourdon, Paris
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above)

Exhibited

New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Sixth Exhibition of Paintings by Fernand Leger Selected from the Years 1918-1954, 1961, no. 26, illustrated in the catalogue
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Fernand Leger, 1966
New York, Museum of Modern Art; Adelaide, Art Gallery of Australia; Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales & Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, Fernand Leger, 1976
Berlin, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Fernand Leger 1881–1955, 1980-81, no. 176, illustrated in color in the catalogue

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper. Hinged to a mat at upper corners on verso. The sheet is very slightly time darkened and there are a few small scattered surface scuffs. Some studio stains on the verso, overall in excellent condition.
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