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FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)

Lot 19
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Lot 19 | FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
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$ 7 000 000 – 10 000 000
FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
Les trois personnages devant le jardin
signed and dated 'F LEGER 22' (lower right); signed and dated again and titled 'Les 3 personnages devant le Jardin 22 F LEGER' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 36 ¼ in. (65 x 92 cm.)
Painted in 1922




Provenance

Galerie Simon (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris.
(Possibly) Galerie Louise Leiris (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris.
Galerie Georges Bernheim, Paris.
Eliane Oppenheimer, Paris.
Niveau Gallery, New York.
Ralph F. and Georgia T. Colin, New York (possibly by 1948, until at least 1970).
Private collection, New York.
Anon. (acquired from the above, 1999); sale, Christie’s, New York, 8 November 2006, lot 44.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

W.T. Catledge, ed.,"Staten Island Presenting Loan Show of Art" in The New York Times, 12 January 1958, p. 79 (illustrated).
L.G. Ramsey, ed., "Modern Art: The Distinctive Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph F. Colin" in The Connoisseur, vol. 145, no. 585, April 1960, p. 208 (illustrated).
J. Fitzsimmons, ed., "A Selection of Works from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph F. Colin" in Art International, vol. IV, no. 2/3, 1960, p. 47 (illustrated).
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger: Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, 1920-1924, Paris, 1992, vol. II, p. 234, no. 333 (illustrated in color, p. 235; titled Personnages devant le jardin).



Exhibited

Northampton, Massachusetts, Smith College Museum of Art, Some Paintings from Alumnae Collections, June 1948.
New York, Staten Island Museum, Fine Art from Private Collections, January-February 1958, no. 22.
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., The Colin Collection: Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture, April-May 1960, p. 47, no. 41 (illustrated).
New York, The Lotos Club, Lotos Leaf, 1961, p. 11.
New York, Galerie Chalette, Fernand Léger: The Figure, April 1965, no. 7 (illustrated).
Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Collector of the Year, February-March 1970.
New York, Acquavella Galleries, Inc., Fernand Léger: A Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of The New York Hospital Auxiliary, October-December 1987, p. 56, no. 31 (illustrated in color).
Artist:Fernand Léger (1881 - 1955)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Art style:Modern art
Genre:Portrait
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings
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