Fernand Léger's La Tasse de Thé, 1921, from the Collection of Max Palevsky, realized $8,146,500 at the Impressionist and Modern Evening Sale in New York on 3 November. The painting is a key work in the series of female figure paintings that Léger undertook in 1920-1921, which culminated in a pair of masterworks: Le Petit déjeuner, and the final version of this subject, Le Grand déjeuner. (RT: 1:49)
4 November 2010