ID 1334479
Lot 219 | FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
Estimate value
$ 60 000 – 80 000
L'Echafaudage
signed and dated 'F. LÉGER 19' (lower right); signed again and inscribed 'Prière de renvoyer cet original lorsque l'épreuve sur zinc sera tirée - F. Léger Vernon L'Eure Rue des Valmeux.' (on the reverse)
brush and pen and black and India inks on paper
Image size: 9 1/8 x 6 in. (23.2 x 15.3 cm.)
Sheet size: 12 ¼ x 9 1/8 in. (31 x 23.7 cm.)
Executed in 1919
Provenance
Nadia Léger, Paris (wife of the artist).
Galerie Louise-Leiris, Paris (acquired from the above, by February 1958).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, April 1982.
Literature
J. Cassou and J. Leymarie, Fernand Léger: Drawings and Gouaches, London, 1973, p. 52, no. 47 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Louise Leiris, F. Léger: Dessins et Gouaches 1909-1955, February-March 1958, no. 15 (illustrated).
Paris, Berggruen & Cie., Léger: Gouaches, aquarelles & dessins, May 1979, no. 6 (illustrated).
| Artist: | Fernand Léger (1881 - 1955) |
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| Art style: | Impressionism, Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Fernand Léger (1881 - 1955) |
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| Art style: | Impressionism, Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
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