ID 1334467
Lot 216 | FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
Estimate value
$ 100 000 – 150 000
L'Usine
signed with initials and dated 'F.L. 19' (lower right)
gouache and watercolor over pencil on paper
Image size: 9 5/8 x 12 3/8 in. (24.4 x 31.5 cm.)
Sheet size: 13 ½ x 16 7/8 in. (34.3 x 42.7 cm.)
Painted in 1919
Provenance
Galerie de L'Effort Moderne (Léonce Rosenberg), Paris (acquired from the artist, November 1919; inv. no. 6591).
Gladys Rice Brooks (previously Saltonstall), New Milford, Connecticut (acquired from the above, March 1923).
Davis & Langdale Company, Inc., New York (acquired from the estate of the above, 1984).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, October 1984.
Literature
C. Derouet, Correspondances Fernand Léger–Léonce Rosenberg 1917-1937, Paris, 1996, p. 265, no. 6591 (titled Le chauffeur nègre).
| Artist: | Fernand Léger (1881 - 1955) |
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| Art style: | Impressionism, Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Fernand Léger (1881 - 1955) |
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| Art style: | Impressionism, Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
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