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Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
Lot 496 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE SWISS COLLECTION

Fernand Léger (1881-1955)

Composition à l'Aloès

Closed28 February 2019

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GBP 299,250

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Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
Composition à l'Aloès
signed and dated 'F.LEGER 34-35' (lower right)
oil on board
15 x 21 1/2 in. (38 x 54.5 cm.)
Painted in 1934-1935

Galerie Blanche, Stockholm.
Pierre Lundholm, Stockholm, by 1954.
Belenius collection, Brussels.
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (no. 17485).
Private collection, France, by whom acquired from the above.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2014.

Specialist note

A closely related version of Composition à l'Aloès was owned by Pablo Picasso and now resides in the Picasso museum in Antibes.