Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
Composition abstraite
signed and dated 'F.LEGER 41' (lower right)
oil on Masonite
22 x 15 7/8 in. (56 x 40.4 cm.)
Painted in 1941
Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
Composition abstraite
signed and dated 'F.LEGER 41' (lower right)
oil on Masonite
22 x 15 7/8 in. (56 x 40.4 cm.)
Painted in 1941
Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, by whom acquired directly from the artist.
Marlborough Galerie A.G., Zurich, by whom acquired form the above.
Private collection, United Kingdom; sale, Christie's, New York, 15 May 1997, lot 433.
Private collection, Italy, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Galleria Marescalchi, Bologna.
Acquired from the above by the grandfather of the present owner.
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, vol. VI, 1938-1943, Paris, 1998, no. 1073, p. 146 (illustrated p. 147).
New York, Marlborough Gallery, Masters of the 19th and 20th Centuries, Summer 1972, no. 27 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to London, Marlborough Fine Art, no. 38 (illustrated).
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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