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FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)

Lot 45
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ID 1492592
Lot 45 | FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
Estimate value
$ 15 000 000 – 25 000 000
FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
Composition (Nature morte)
signed, dated and titled 'NATURE-MORTE F. LEGER 14' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
36 3/8 x 28 ¾ in. (92.9 x 73.2 cm.)
Painted in 1914




Provenance

Galerie Kahnweiler, Paris (acquired from the artist, 1914); second sale of sequestered art, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 17-18 November 1921, lot 160.
Galerie de l'Effort Moderne (Léonce Rosenberg), Paris (acquired at the above sale).
Douglas Cooper, London and Argilliers (acquired from the above, by 1937); sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London, 1 July 1980, lot 69.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.



Literature

D. Cooper, Fernand Léger et le nouvel espace, Geneva, 1949, pp. 57 and 190 (illustrated, p. 57; dated 1913 and titled Nature morte au livre).
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger: Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, 1903-1919, Paris, 1990, vol. 1, p. 156, no. 84 (illustrated, p. 157; with incorrect dimensions).



Exhibited

Paris, Petit Palais, Les maîtres de l'art indépendent: 1895-1937, June-October 1937, p. 102, no. 1.
London, Tate Gallery and Leeds City Art Gallery, Fernand Léger, February-April 1950, no. 11 (illustrated, pl. 3; titled Still Life with Open Book).
Aberdeen Museum, Modern French Masters, May 1950, no. 10.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cubist Epoch, December 1970-June 1971, pp. 75, 94 and 296-297, no. 184 (illustrated in color, p. 94; titled Still Life on a Table).
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg and Kunstmuseum Basel, Fernand Leger: 1911-1924, Des Rhythmus des Modernes Lebens, May-November 1994.
Artist:Fernand Léger (1881 - 1955)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Art style:Cubism, Modern art
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings
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