ID 1426106
Lot 408 | AFTER FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
Les acrobates sur fond rouge
signed with initials, dated, numbered and titled 'Les acrobates sur fond rouge F.L 53 no. 58' (on the reverse)
white earthenware ceramic relief, with colored engobe and glaze
Height: 19 ½ in. (49.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1953
Provenance
Perls Galleries, New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, April 1974.
Literature
G. Néret, Fernand Léger, Paris, 1990, p. 240 (another version illustrated in situ).
Y. Brunhammer, Fernand Léger: The Monumental Art, Milan, 2005, pp. 138 and 212, no. 145 (another version illustrated in color, p. 138; illustrated in color again as a frontispiece).
| Artist: | Fernand Léger (1881 - 1955) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Artist: | Fernand Léger (1881 - 1955) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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