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FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)

Lot 31
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ID 1380900
Lot 31 | FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
Estimate value
£ 1 500 000 – 2 500 000
FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
Le coquillage
signed and dated ‘F. LÉGER 29’ (lower right); signed, inscribed and dated 'LE COQUILLAGE F. LEGER - 29' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
44 ¾ x 63 ¾ in. (113.7 x 162 cm.)
Painted in 1929




Provenance

Christian & Yvonne Zervos, Paris, by whom probably acquired directly from the artist.
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (no. 14584 / 30403), by 1964.
M. Knoedler & Co. Inc., New York.
Galerie Alfred Schmela, Düsseldorf, by whom acquired from the above, circa 1975.
Monika Schmela, Düsseldorf, by whom acquired from the above.
Private collection, Düsseldorf, by whom acquired from the above in 1992.



Literature

C. Zervos, Fernand Léger, oeuvres de 1905 à 1952, Paris, 1952, p. 61 (illustrated; titled 'Nature morte au coquillage sur fond jaune' and with inverted dimensions).
A. Verdet, Fernand Léger, Le dynamisme pictural, Geneva, 1955, no. 25 (illustrated pl. 25; with incorrect dimensions).
C. Zervos, 'Une nouvelle étape dans l'oeuvre de Fernand Leger' in Cahiers d'Art, nos. 6-7, Paris, August - September 1932, reproduced within exh. cat., Fernand Léger - la poésie de l'objet 1928-1934, Paris, 1981, p. 29 (illustrated in situ).
C. Derouet, ed., Léger och Norden, exh. cat., Malmo, 1992, p. 73 (illustrated in situ).
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger, Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint, 1929-1931, Paris, 1995, no. 599, p. 8 (illustrated p. 9).



Exhibited

Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Fernand Léger, October – November 1964, no. 32.
Paris, Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées, Hommage à Christian et Yvonne Zervos, December 1970 – January 1971.
Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot, Fernand Léger, peintures, gouaches, October – November 1975, no. 3 (illustrated).
Artist:Fernand Léger (1881 - 1955)
Applied technique:Oil, Oil on canvas, Painted
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings
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