ID 1334492
Lot 249 | FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
Estimate value
$ 25 000 – 35 000
Soldats dans un abri, Argonne
signed with initials, dated and inscribed 'M.F 15 FL,' (lower center)
pen and brown ink on paper laid down on card
8 x 6 in. (20 x 15.2 cm.)
Drawn in Maison Forestière, Argonne in 1915
Provenance
Lord Amulree, London (by 1956).
Andrew Fairbarns, Esq., Kent (gift from the above); sale, Christie's, London, 27 June 1995, lot 195.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
D. Cooper, Fernand Léger: Dessins de guerre, 1915-1916, Paris, 1956 (illustrated, pl. 2).
J. Cassou and J. Leymarie, Fernand Léger: Drawings and Gouaches, London, 1973, p. 44, no. 39 (illustrated; with incorrect dimensions).
W. Schmalenbach, Fernand Léger, New York, 1978, p. 19, no. 14 (illustrated; with incorrect dimensions).
C. Green, Léger and the Avant-Garde, New Haven and London, 1976, p. 104, no. 62 (illustrated, p. 106; with incorrect dimensions).
| Artist: | Fernand Léger (1881 - 1955) |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Fernand Léger (1881 - 1955) |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
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