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BIRTH OF THE MODERN: THE ARNOLD AND JOAN SALTZMAN COLLECTION
FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
Composition (La Négresse)
Details
FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
Composition (La Négresse)
signed and dated 'F. LEGER. 29' (lower right)
oil on canvas
28 7⁄8 x 36 3⁄8 in. (73.2 x 92.2 cm.)
Painted in 1929
Composition (La Négresse)
signed and dated 'F. LEGER. 29' (lower right)
oil on canvas
28 7⁄8 x 36 3⁄8 in. (73.2 x 92.2 cm.)
Painted in 1929
Provenance
Galerie Paul Rosenberg, Paris (by 1930, until at least 1945).
Galerie Louis Carré et Cie., Paris.
Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York.
Anon. sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 15 October 1969, lot 66.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Galerie Louis Carré et Cie., Paris.
Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York.
Anon. sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 15 October 1969, lot 66.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Literature
C. Einstein, "Léger: OEuvres récentes" in Documents, 1930, vol. 2, no. 4, p. 193 (illustrated).
C. Zervos, "De l'importance de l'objet dans la peinture d'aujourd'hui" in Cahiers d'Art, 1930, vol. 5, p. 345 (illustrated; titled Composition).
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, 1929-1931, Paris, 1995, vol. IV, p. 108, no. 665 (illustrated in color, p. 109).
C. Zervos, "De l'importance de l'objet dans la peinture d'aujourd'hui" in Cahiers d'Art, 1930, vol. 5, p. 345 (illustrated; titled Composition).
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, 1929-1931, Paris, 1995, vol. IV, p. 108, no. 665 (illustrated in color, p. 109).
Exhibited
Kunsthaus Zürich, Fernand Léger, April-May 1933 (illustrated; dated 1930).
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, Fernand Léger, January-March 1999, pp. 1 and 60 (illustrated in color, p. 1).
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, Fernand Léger, January-March 1999, pp. 1 and 60 (illustrated in color, p. 1).
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