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Fernand Leger (1881-1955)

Deux femmes drapées

Fermé7 May 2009

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Fernand Leger (1881-1955)
Deux femmes drapées
signed with initials, dated and dedicated 'F.L. 29 a Rose Remember! New York nov. 31 FLeger' (lower right)
gouache and pencil on paper
9 x 12 3/8 in. (20.9 x 31.5 cm.)
Executed in 1929

Perls Galleries, New York.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 12 November 1988, lot 195.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.

Note du spécialiste

This work derives from a series of studies for the 1928 painting Deux danseuses (Bauquier, no. 563): see J. Cassou and J. Leymarie, Fernand Léger, Drawings and Gouaches, New York, 1973, pp. 110- 111.