ID 1472404
Lot 48 | FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
Estimate value
£ 450 000 – 650 000
Nature morte
signed and dated 'F. Léger. 30' (lower right)
oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 19 5/8 in. (65.2 x 49.8 cm.)
Painted in 1930
Provenance
Paul Rosenberg Gallery, Paris & New York, by whom acquired directly from the artist in 1930.
Jan & Ellin Mitchell, New York, by whom acquired from the above.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, by whom acquired from the above in 1972.
Piero Fedeli, Milan, by whom acquired from the above in May 1972.
Private collection, New York.
Daniel Malingue, Paris.
Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21 June 1990, lot 16.
Galerie Cazeau-Béraudière, Paris.
Acquired from the above by Max and Cecile Draime.
Literature
'IFAR Authentications' in Art Research News, New York, Autumn 1984, p. 15 (illustrated; dated '1929').
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, vol. IV, 1929-1931, Paris, 1995, no. 721, p. 196 (illustrated p. 197).
Exhibited
Geneva, Galerie Motte, F. Léger, September - October 1974, no. 22, p. 27 (illustrated).
Youngstown, Ohio, The Butler Institute of American Art, Selections from the Private Collection of David M. and Cecile Draime, April - November 2022, p. 17 (illustrated).
| Artist: | Fernand Léger (1881 - 1955) |
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| Art style: | Impressionism, Modern art |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Fernand Léger (1881 - 1955) |
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| Art style: | Impressionism, Modern art |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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