FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
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FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)

Les Confidences (Les deux femmes au bouquet)

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FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
Les Confidences (Les deux femmes au bouquet)
signed and dated 'F. LÉGER 21' (lower right); signed and dated again, titled and dedicated 'LES DEUX FEMMES au bouquet F. LEGER 21 1er ÉTAT en 30F LES confidences a Yvette en souvenir de sa soeur Jeanne Fernand' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
36 ¼ x 25 ½ in. (92.1 x 64.8 cm.)
Painted in 1921
Provenance
Yvette Lohy, Paris (gift from the artist, circa 1950, then by descent).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 29 April 2015.
Literature
A. Verdet, Fernand Léger: Le dynamisme pictural, Geneva, 1955, p. 24.
R. Garaudy, Pour un réalisme du XXe siècle: Dialogue posthume avec Fernand Léger, Paris, 1968, p. 176.
B. Dorival, "Le Cubisme: Peinture et gravure" in Encyclopédie de la pléiade: Histoire de l'art, vol. 28, 1969, p. 733.
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger: Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, 1920-1924, Paris, 1992, vol. II, pp. 166 and 343, no. 296 (illustrated in color, p. 167).
Exhibited
Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Fernand Léger: Exposition rétrospective, 1905-1949, October-November 1949, no. 41.
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs and Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Fernand Léger, June-November 1956, p. 156, no. 43 (illustrated, p. 157).
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Fernand Léger, March-May 1957, no. 33 (illustrated).
Paris, Grand Palais, Fernand Léger, October 1971-January 1972, pp. 13 and 68, no. 64 (illustrated, p. 68).

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