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FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)

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ID 1210059
Lot 735 | FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
Léger, F.
La plante jaune
signed and dated 'F. LÉGER. 37' (lower right)
oil on canvas
28 5/8 x 36 ¼ in. (72.7 x 92.2 cm.)
Painted in 1937




Provenance

Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.
(possibly) Sven Salén, Stockholm.
Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm (by 1961).
Galerie Bonnier, Geneva (acquired from the above, March 1966).
Galerie Internazionale, Milan (acquired from the above, June 1974).
Galerie Motte, Geneva (by 1974); sale, Hôtel Saint-Moritz, Geneva, 13 February 1976, lot 29.
Galería Theo, Madrid.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 12 May 1987, lot 52.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

P. Nelson, "Peinture spaciale et architecture à propos des dernières oeuvres de Léger" in Cahier d'Art, 1937, nos. 1-3, p. 84 (illustrated; titled Composition).
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, 1932-1937, Paris, 1996, vol. V, p. 228, no. 931 (illustrated in color, p. 229).



Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Paul Rosenberg, Exposition d'oeuvres de Léger, February 1937, no. 34.
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Fernand Léger, May-June 1938, no. 56.
Stockholm, Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Fernand Léger, March 1961, no. 3.
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Fernand Léger, October-November 1964, no. 57.
Düsseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle, Fernand Léger, December 1969-February 1970, p.23, no. 73.
Geneva, Galerie Motte and Paris, Galerie 22, F. Léger, September-October 1974, p. 24, no. 18 (illustrated in color).
Geneva, Musée de l'Athénée, Léger-Vasarely, July-October 1979, no. 6 (illustrated).
New York, Acquavella Galleries, Inc., Fernand Léger: A Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of The New York Hospital Auxiliary, October-December 1987, p. 66, no. 41 (illustrated in color).
Naussau County Museum of Art, Léger, January-March 1999, p. 61 (illustrated in color, p. 16).
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