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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF BENNO GITTER
Fernand Leger (1881-1955)
La fleur sur fond rouge
Details
Fernand Leger (1881-1955)
La fleur sur fond rouge
signed and dated 'F.LEGER 51' (lower right); signed and dated again and titled 'F. LEGER-51 LA FLEUR SUR FOND ROUGE' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
25½ x 21¼ in. (64.8 x 54 cm.)
Painted in 1951
La fleur sur fond rouge
signed and dated 'F.LEGER 51' (lower right); signed and dated again and titled 'F. LEGER-51 LA FLEUR SUR FOND ROUGE' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
25½ x 21¼ in. (64.8 x 54 cm.)
Painted in 1951
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.
Galerie Europe, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, circa 1965.
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.
Galerie Europe, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, circa 1965.
Literature
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger, Catalogue raisonné 1949-1951, Paris, 2003, p. 216, no. 1445 (illustrated).