Lot Essay
Susan Day, Art Deco and Modernist Carpets, San Francisco, 2002, p. 132, no. 180 for a comparable rug by Leger
Lisa Schlansker Kolosek, The Invention of Chic: Thérèse Bonney and Paris Moderne, New York, 2002, p. 54
This carpet, likely titled, Green, is most likely part of a series Léger produced for the Myrbor Gallery based on the principles of Purism. Resembling collages, their names were determined by the color of the grounds, White, Red, Yellow etc.
Lisa Schlansker Kolosek, The Invention of Chic: Thérèse Bonney and Paris Moderne, New York, 2002, p. 54
This carpet, likely titled, Green, is most likely part of a series Léger produced for the Myrbor Gallery based on the principles of Purism. Resembling collages, their names were determined by the color of the grounds, White, Red, Yellow etc.