ID 1334510
Lot 250 | FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
Estimate value
$ 10 000 – 15 000
Maquette pour couverture d’un livre
signed and inscribed 'FLéger Dessins de Guerre 1915-1916' (in the center); inscribed again 'Cette maquette est trop forte pour ce livre' (along the lower edge)
gouache and brush and India ink over pencil on folded sheet
Image size: 12 x 7 3/8 in. (30.5 x 18.6 cm.)
Sheet size: 12 x 14 ¾ in. (30.5 x 37.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1954-1955
Provenance
Douglas Cooper, London and Argilliers (acquired from the artist).
William A. McCarty-Cooper, London and Los Angeles (by descent from the above).
Acquired from the estate of the above by the present owner, May 1992.
Exhibited
Basel, Kunstmuseum; London, The Tate Gallery and Philadelphia Museum of Art, Douglas Cooper and the Masters of Cubism, November 1987-January 1988, p. 209, no. 48 (illustrated in color, p. 109; dated 1956).
Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Picasso, Braque, Gris, Léger: Douglas Cooper Collecting Cubism, October 1990-April 1991, p. 62, no. 50 (dated 1956).
| Artist: | Fernand Léger (1881 - 1955) |
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| Applied technique: | Gouache |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Fernand Léger (1881 - 1955) |
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| Applied technique: | Gouache |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
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