FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)

Lot 48
15.10.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1472404
Lot 48 | FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
Estimate value
£ 450 000 – 650 000
FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
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).
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