Fernand Léger (1881-1955)

Un oiseau et deux papillons (la journée d'été)

Details

Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
Un oiseau et deux papillons (la journée d'été)
signed and dated 'F. LEGER 48' (lower right); signed, titled and dated 'Un oiseau et 2 papillons (la journée d'été) F. LEGER 48'(on the reverse)
oil on canvas
25 1/2 x 36 1/4in. (64.5 x 92cm.)
Painted in 1948

Provenance

Galerie Louis Carré, Paris
Professor Dr. Hadorn, Berne
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 12 December 1969, Lot 88

Sale room notice

Please note that this work is signed, titled and dated 'Un oiseau et 2 papillons F. LEGER 48' (on the reverse).

Lot Essay

"It is inexcusable that after five years of war, the hardest war of all, men who have been heroic actors in this sad epic should not have their rightful turn in the sanctuaries. The coming peace must open wide for them doors that have remained closed until now. The ascent of the masses to beautiful works of art, to Beauty will be the sign of a new time." (F. Léger, The Human Body Considered as an Object 1945, cited in Exh. cat., New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Fernand Léger, p. 246).

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