Live Auction 16721The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: Fine Art, Day Sale
Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
Lot 537 The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller

Fernand Léger (1881-1955)

La charmeuse d'oiseaux

Closed10 May 2018

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USD 37,500

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Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
La charmeuse d'oiseaux
titled 'la charmeuse d'oiseaux' (lower center)
gouache, brush and black ink over pencil on paper laid down on card
4 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (10.5 x 8 cm.)

Wallace K. Harrison, New York (acquired from the artist).
Gift from the above to the late owners, December 1969.

Specialist note

"This tiny Léger gouache is a study for a larger painting which was done for my brother Nelson. The study belonged to Wallace K. Harrison and was given to us one year at Christmas. Harrison was a very good friend of Léger's and had a number of his paintings, many of which had been given to him by the artist." —David Rockefeller