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Fernand Leger (1881-1955)
Lot 164

Fernand Leger (1881-1955)

Etude pour Les Plongeurs

Closed2 November 2011

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Fernand Leger (1881-1955)
Etude pour Les Plongeurs
signed, dated and dedicated 'Leger-oct 41 A John Cunningham cordialement' (lower right)
pen and India ink on paper
9 5/8 x 12 in. (24.5 x 30.5 cm.)
Drawn in October 1941

John Cunningham (gift from the artist, 1941).
By descent from the above to the present owner.

Specialist note

John Cunningham was an artist in Carmel, California, and a teacher at Mills College together with Léger in the early 1940s. In 1941 Cunningham asked Léger to teach a two week symposium at the Carmel Art Institute, which he happily agreed to, and during that time dedicated the present drawing to Cunningham.