ID 1470337
Lot 332 | FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
Estimate value
£ 180 000 – 250 000
Le Fumeur
pencil on paper
32 x 24,4 cm. (12 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Drawn circa 1921
Provenance
Nadia Léger (1904-1982), Vitebsk, Warsaw & Paris; by descent from the artist in 1955, until at least 1972.
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 4 April 1979, lot 250.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
J. Cassou & J. Leymarie, Fernand Léger - Dessins et gouaches, Paris, 1972, no. 86, pp. 70-71 (ill.).
B. Chaet, The Art of Drawing, New York, 1983, no. 46, pp. 36-37 (ill.; titled 'Study for The Smoker').
P. de Francia, Fernand Léger, London, 1983, fig. 7.26, pp. 146 & 149 (ill.).
Exhibited
Biot, Musée Fernand Léger, on long term loan from Nadia Léger.
Marseille, Musée Cantini, Fernand Léger, June - August 1966, no. 28 (titled 'Étude pour Le fumeur'; with incorrect medium).
Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Fernand Léger - Peintures, gouaches, dessins, June - September 1967, no. 39 (ill.; titled 'Étude pour Le fumeur').
Dusseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle, Fernand Léger, December 1969 - February 1970, no. 119, p. 25 (titled 'Étude pour Le fumeur').
Paris, Grand Palais, Fernand Léger, October 1971 - January 1972, no. 295, pp. 166 & 176 (ill.; titled 'Étude pour le fumeur').
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Fernand Léger, May - September 1997, no. 2, p. 104 (ill.); this exhibition later travelled to Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, October 1997 - January 1998, p. 184 (ill.); and New York, The Museum of Modern Art, February - May 1998, p. 192 (ill.).
| Artist: | Fernand Léger (1881 - 1955) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Abstract art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Fernand Léger (1881 - 1955) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Abstract art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
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