FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)

Lot 250
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Lot 250 | FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
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$ 10 000 – 15 000
FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
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).
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