FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)

Lot 245
18.11.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1508072
Lot 245 | FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
Estimate value
$ 600 000 – 900 000
FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
Composition (La Négresse)
signed and dated 'F. LEGER. 29' (lower right)
oil on canvas
28 7/8 x 36 3/8 in. (73.2 x 92.2 cm.)
Painted in 1929




Provenance

Galerie Paul Rosenberg, Paris (by 1930, until at least 1945).
Galerie Louis Carré et Cie., Paris.
Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York.
Anon. sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 15 October 1969, lot 66.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.



Literature

C. Einstein, "Léger: OEuvres récentes" in Documents, 1930, vol. 2, no. 4, p. 193 (illustrated).
C. Zervos, "De l'importance de l'objet dans la peinture d'aujourd'hui" in Cahiers d'Art, 1930, vol. 5, p. 345 (illustrated; titled Composition).
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, 1929-1931, Paris, 1995, vol. IV, p. 108, no. 665 (illustrated in color, p. 109).



Exhibited

Kunsthaus Zürich, Fernand Léger, April-May 1933 (illustrated; dated 1930).
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, Fernand Léger, January-March 1999, pp. 1 and 60 (illustrated in color, p. 1).
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