FERNAND LÉGER | LA GRANDE PARADE

Auction Closed

June 29, 05:15 PM GMT

Estimate

400,000 - 600,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property Of Robert A. Bernhard, A Descendant Of Mayer Lehman

FERNAND LÉGER

1881 - 1955

LA GRANDE PARADE

Signed with the initials F.L. and dated 52 (lower right)

Gouache, watercolor and brush and ink on paper

30 by 41½ in. (76.2 by 105.4 cm)

Framed: 36¼ by 47¾ in. (92.1 by 121.3 cm)

Executed in 1952.

Musée national de Fernand Léger, Biot

Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris

Arts & Science Foundation, Los Angeles

Heritage Gallery, Los Angeles

Sale: Christie's, London, June 25, 1984, lot 25

Thomas Gibson Fine Art, London (acquired at the above sale)

Acquired from the above

Dora Vallier, "Studies for La Grande Parade," in Cahiers d'art, Paris, 1954, illustrated in color p. 145

New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Fernand Léger, Five Themes and Variations, 1962, no. 85, illustrated p. 88 (with incorrect measurements)

Basel, Galerie Bayeler, Fernand Léger, 1964, no. 49