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Deux bouteilles jaunes sur fond rouge
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FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
Deux bouteilles jaunes sur fond rouge
signed and dated '50 F. LEGER' (lower right); signed and dated again and titled '2 bouteilles jaunes sur un fond rouge F. LEGER. 50' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
25 ½ x 21 ¼ in. (61 x 53.3 cm.)
Painted in 1950
Deux bouteilles jaunes sur fond rouge
signed and dated '50 F. LEGER' (lower right); signed and dated again and titled '2 bouteilles jaunes sur un fond rouge F. LEGER. 50' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
25 ½ x 21 ¼ in. (61 x 53.3 cm.)
Painted in 1950
Provenance
Private collection, United States.
Sam Jaffé, Los Angeles.
Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London.
The Waddington Galleries, Ltd., London.
John McConnell, Montreal (acquired from the above, 8 November 1971).
The Waddington Galleries, Ltd., London (acquired from the above, 20 September 1974).
Dr. and Mrs. Sherman Kay, Michigan (acquired from the above, 16 June 1975).
Anon. sale, Hôtel des Ventes, Enghien-les-Bains, 21 June 1989, lot 20. Private collection, Paris (acquired at the above sale); sale, Christie’s, London, 5 February 2002, lot 220.
Private collection, Chile (acquired at the above sale).
E & R Cyzer, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 14 November 2011.
Sam Jaffé, Los Angeles.
Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London.
The Waddington Galleries, Ltd., London.
John McConnell, Montreal (acquired from the above, 8 November 1971).
The Waddington Galleries, Ltd., London (acquired from the above, 20 September 1974).
Dr. and Mrs. Sherman Kay, Michigan (acquired from the above, 16 June 1975).
Anon. sale, Hôtel des Ventes, Enghien-les-Bains, 21 June 1989, lot 20. Private collection, Paris (acquired at the above sale); sale, Christie’s, London, 5 February 2002, lot 220.
Private collection, Chile (acquired at the above sale).
E & R Cyzer, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 14 November 2011.
Literature
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, 1949-1951, Paris, 2003, vol. VIII, pp. 114-115, no. 1385 (illustrated).
Exhibited
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., Aspects of Twentieth Century Art, July-August 1963, no. 38 (illustrated).
Museum moderner Kunst Salzburg, Fernand Léger: L’esprit moderne, July-October 2002, pp. 232-233, no. XX (illustrated).
Museum moderner Kunst Salzburg, Fernand Léger: L’esprit moderne, July-October 2002, pp. 232-233, no. XX (illustrated).
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