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Fernand Leger (1881-1953)

Le roi de coeur

Details
Fernand Leger (1881-1953)
Le roi de coeur
signed and dated bottom right 'F.LEGER.39'
oil on canvas
36 1/8 x 28 5/8 in. (91.8 x 72.7 cm.)
Painted in 1939
Provenance
Galerie Louis Carré, Paris (acquired from the artist before 1945)
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Louis Carré, Fernand Léger, Peintures antérieures à 1940, Jan.-Feb., 1945, p. 50 (illustrated, p. 46)
Paris, Galerie Louis Carré, Fernand Léger, 1912-1939, 1946-1948, June-July, 1948, no. 11
London, Alex. Reid & Lefevre, Ltd., The School of Paris, July, 1951, no. 18 (illustrated)
Bern, Kunsthalle, Fernand Léger, April-May, 1952
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Cinq siècles de cartes à jouer en France, Sept.-Oct., 1963, no. 410
Berlin, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Fernand Léger 1881-1955, Oct., 1980-Jan., 1981, p. 607, no. 91 (illustrated in color, p. 374)
Tokyo, Galerie Tokoro, Fernand Léger, peintures, gouaches, aquarelles, dessins, livres illustrés, Oct.-Nov., 1986, p. 65, no. 15 (illustrated in color)
Hovikodden, Henies-Onstad Kunstsenter, Frankrikes evige Kunst, Hommage à la France, May-Sept., 1988, p. 131, no. 32 (illustrated in color)
Paris, Galerie Louis Carré, Alexander Calder, mobiles/Fernand Léger, peintures, Oct.-Nov., 1988, p. 25, no. 4 (illustrated in color)
Salzburg, Galerie Salis, Fernand Léger, July-Sept., 1990, no. 14 (illustrated; illustrated in color)