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Elaine: The Collection of Elaine Wynn
FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
Nature morte
Details
FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
Nature morte
signed and dated 'F. LÉGER. 27' (lower right); signed and dated again and titled 'NATURE MORTE F LÉGER. 27' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
36 ½ x 25 7⁄8 in. (92.7 x 65.7 cm.)
Painted in 1927
Nature morte
signed and dated 'F. LÉGER. 27' (lower right); signed and dated again and titled 'NATURE MORTE F LÉGER. 27' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
36 ½ x 25 7⁄8 in. (92.7 x 65.7 cm.)
Painted in 1927
Provenance
Paul and Marguerite Rosenberg, Paris and New York (by 1929).
The New Gallery, New York (acquired from the above, 23 January 1960).
Paul Kantor Gallery, Beverly Hills.
Stanley N. Barbee, Beverly Hills; Estate sale, Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, 15 October 1969, lot 54.
Gertrude Stein Gallery, New York.
Private collection, Monaco; sale, Christie's, London, 21 June 2011, lot 74.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
The New Gallery, New York (acquired from the above, 23 January 1960).
Paul Kantor Gallery, Beverly Hills.
Stanley N. Barbee, Beverly Hills; Estate sale, Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, 15 October 1969, lot 54.
Gertrude Stein Gallery, New York.
Private collection, Monaco; sale, Christie's, London, 21 June 2011, lot 74.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
W. George, Fernand Léger, Paris, 1929, p. 23 (illustrated).
C. Zervos, "De l'importance de l'objet dans la peinture d'aujourd'hui" in Cahiers d'Art, vol. 5, 1930, p. 348 (illustrated; dated 1929 and titled Composition).
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger: Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, 1925-1942, Paris, 1993, vol. III, pp. 205 and 337, no. 511 (illustrated, p. 205).
C. Zervos, "De l'importance de l'objet dans la peinture d'aujourd'hui" in Cahiers d'Art, vol. 5, 1930, p. 348 (illustrated; dated 1929 and titled Composition).
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger: Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, 1925-1942, Paris, 1993, vol. III, pp. 205 and 337, no. 511 (illustrated, p. 205).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Maeght, Hommage à F. Léger: Peintures de 1920 à 1930, December 1955, no. 4 (illustrated).
Milan, Studio Bellini, Kandinsky, Léger, Miró, May 1971 (illustrated).
Milan, Studio Bellini, Kandinsky, Léger, Miró, May 1971 (illustrated).
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