Live Auction 3737Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper Including Property from the John C. Whitehead Collection
Fernand Leger (1881-1955)
Lot 1105

Fernand Leger (1881-1955)

Etude pour Nature morte à la bouteille

Closed15 May 2015

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Fernand Leger (1881-1955)
Etude pour Nature morte à la bouteille
signed with initials and dated 'FL. 49' (lower right)
gouache, watercolor, and brush and India ink on paper squared for transfer
12 5/8 x 16 ¾ in. (32 x 42.7 cm.)
Painted in 1949

Fairweather-Hardin Gallery, Chicago.
Ruth and Harvey Kaplan, Chicago (acquired from the above, December 1958); sale, Christie's, New York, 5 May 2005, lot 321.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

The present watercolor is a study for the 1949 painting Nature morte à la bouteille (Bauquier, no. 1335).