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Fernand Léger (1881-1955)

Lot 124
21.10.2022 14:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 124 | Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
Estimate value
€ 500 000 – 700 000
Fernand Léger (1881-1955)

Un Oiseau devant les troncs d’arbres

signé et daté ’52 F. LEGER’ (en bas à droite); signé, daté et inscrit 'un oiseau devant les troncs d'arbres F. LEGER 52' (au revers)

huile sur toile

72.7 x 91.8 cm.

Peint en 1952



signed and dated '52 F. LEGER' (lower right); signed, dated and inscribed 'un oiseau devant les troncs d'arbres F. LEGER 52' (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

28 3/4 x 36 1/8 in.

Painted in 1952





Provenance

Atelier de l’artiste.

Galerie Simon, Paris.

Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (avant 1956).

Waddington Galleries, Londres.

Collection particulière, Londres (avant 1971).

Vente, Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., Londres, 7 décembre 1977, lot 47.

Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.

Galerie Beyeler, Bâle (acquis auprès de celle-ci en mars 1981).

Galerie H. Odermatt et Ph. Cazeau, Paris (acquis auprès de celle-ci en juin 1994).

Acquis auprès de celle-ci par la famille du propriétaire actuel en 1994.



Literature

J. Cassou et J. Leymarie, Fernand Léger, Dessins et gouaches, Paris, 1972, p. 204, no. T 68 (illustré, p. 172).

G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger, Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint, 1952-1953, Paris, 2013, p. 22, no. 1462 (illustré en couleurs, p. 23).



Exhibited

Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs et Bruxelles, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Fernand Léger, juin-novembre 1956, p. 346, no. 141 (illustré, p. 347).

Paris, Grand Palais, Fernand Léger, octobre 1971-janvier 1972, p. 28, no. 158 (illustré, p. 124).

Vascoeuil, Chateau de Vascoeuil, Fernand Léger, juin-septembre 1979, p. 16, no. 12 (illustré, p. 28).

Bâle, Galerie Beyeler, F. Léger, 1881-1981, octobre-décembre 1981, no. 43 (illustré en couleurs).

Madrid, Fundacio´n Juan March, F. Léger, avril 1983, no. 39.

Cologne, Galerie Gmurzynska, Fernand Léger, avril-juillet 1985, p. 68 (illustré en couleurs, p. 69).

New York, James Goodman Gallery, Inc., 6 Artists in 3 Forms, Part II, novembre 1986, no. 23.

Montréal, Landau Fine Art, Picasso + Léger, novembre-décembre 1991, p. 18 (illustré en couleurs, p. 19).



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Artist:Fernand Léger (1881 - 1955)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
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