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Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
Lot 316 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ITALIAN COLLECTION

Fernand Léger (1881-1955)

Coquillage rouge

Closed19 June 2019

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GBP 162,500

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Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
Coquillage rouge
signed with the initials and dated 'F.L. 28' (lower right); signed, dated and inscribed 'Coquillage rouge 1928 F. Leger' (on the reverse)
oil on board
15 x 21 ¼ in. (38 x 54 cm.)
Painted in 1928

Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 25 February 1970, lot 67.
Private collection, Milan, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note


'I organise the opposition of contrasting values, lines and curves. I oppose curves to straight lines, flat surfaces to moulded forms, pure local colours to nuances of grey. These initial plastic forms are either superimposed on objective elements or not, it makes no difference to me. There is only a question of variety.'
(F. Léger, in 1923, quoted in E.F. Fry, ed., Functions of Painting, London, 1973, p. 25.)