ID 842719 
Lot 35  | FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
Estimate value
$ 3 000 000 – 5 000 000 
Nature morte à l'encrier
signed and dated 'F. LÉGER. 27' (lower right); signed and dated again and titled 'NATURE-MORTE F. LÉGER. 27' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
29 x 36 3/8 in. (73.6 x 92.4 cm.)
Painted in 1927
Provenance
Galerie Simon (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris.
André Lefèvre, Paris (by 1951); his sale, Palais Galliera, Paris, 29 November 1966, lot 89.
Prince Igor Troubetzkoy, Paris (acquired at the above sale, until at least 2001).
Galerie Interart, Geneva.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 30 October 2007.
Literature
R. Deroudille, Léger, Paris, 1968, p. 42 (illustrated in color).
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger: Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, 1925-1928, Paris, 1993, vol. III, p. 208, no. 514 (illustrated in color, p. 209).
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy of Arts, L'École de Paris 1900-1950, January-March 1951, no. 107.
Kunsthalle Bern, Fernand Léger, April-May 1952, no. 38.
Saint-Etienne, Musée d'Art et d'Industrie, Natures mortes: de Géricault à nos jour, April-May 1955, p. 21, no. 58.
Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Collection André Lefèvre, March-April 1964, p. 29, no. 158.
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| Artist: | Fernand Léger (1881 - 1955) | 
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas | 
| Art style: | Modern art | 
| Genre: | Still life | 
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings | 
| Artist: | Fernand Léger (1881 - 1955) | 
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas | 
| Art style: | Modern art | 
| Genre: | Still life | 
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings | 
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