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FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)

Lot 679
13.05.2023 19:30UTC -05:00
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ID 950104
Lot 679 | FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
Estimate value
$ 400 000 – 600 000
FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)

Une figure dans un paysage

signed and dated 'F.LEGER 49.' (lower right); signed, dated and inscribed 'une figure dans un paysage F. LEGER. 49' (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

25 5/8 x 21 1/4 in. (65 x 54 cm.)

Painted in 1949





Provenance

Galerie Louis Carré & Cie., Paris (by 1954).

Private collection, Paris.

Private collection, Paris (circa 1990); sale, Christie's, Paris, 30 March 2021, lot 7.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

L. Carré, B. Cendrars and F. Léger, Entretien de Fernand Léger avec Blaise Cendrars et Louis Carré sur le paysage dans l'oeuvre de Léger, Paris, 1954, p. 49, no. 16.

Fernand Léger, exh. cat., Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1956, p. 328, no. 132 (illustrated, p. 329).

G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, 1949-1951, Paris, 2003, p. 42, no. 1337 (illustrated in color, p. 43).



Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Louis Carré & Cie., Le paysage dans l'oeuvre de Léger, November-December 1954, no. 16.

Paris, Musée des arts décoratifs, Fernand Léger, June-October 1956, p. 328, no. 132 (illustrated, p. 329).

Paris, Galerie Louis Carré, La peinture sous le signe de Blaise Cendrars: Robert Delaunay, Fernand Léger, June-July 1965, no. 17.

Tokyo, Galerie Tokoro, Fernand Léger: Peintures, gouaches, aquarelles, dessins, livres illustrés, October-November 1986, p. 84, no. 31 (illustrated in color, p. 85).

Paris, Louis Carré et Cie., Alexander Calder, mobiles, Fernand Léger, peintures, October-November 1988, p. 69, no. 9 (illustrated in color, p. 38).

Osaka, Navio Museum, Emotions françaises de 1950 à nos jours, 1992, p. 65 (illustrated in color).

Musée de Lodève, 2002-2009 (on extended loan).

Biot, Musée national Fernand Léger; Nice, Musée national Marc Chagall and Vallauris, Musée national Picasso, Dis-moi, Blaise: Léger, Chagall, Picasso et Blaise Cendrars, June-October 2009, p. 180, no. 29 (illustrated in color).
Artist:Fernand Léger (1881 - 1955)
Art style:Modern art
Auction house category:Paintings
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