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FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)

Lot 35
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Lot 35 | FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
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FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)

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)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Art style:Modern art
Genre:Still life
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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