Live Auction 2353Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper
After a design by Fernand Leger (1881-1955)
Lot 217 Property from the Collection of Max Palevsky

After a design by Fernand Leger (1881-1955)

Composition monumental

Closed4 November 2010

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After a design by Fernand Leger (1881-1955)
Composition monumental
with signature 'F. LEGER' and monogram of the Cavalaire Durrbach atelier (in the weave lower left)
hand-woven Aubusson wool tapestry
92 5/8 x 77 1/8 in. (235 x 196 cm.)
Executed by 1967

Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York (by 1967); Estate sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, 11 December 1980, lot 118.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.

Specialist note

The present work was based on the 1940-1942 painting Composition (Bauquier, no. 1077).