Lot Essay
The present work is related to the monumental version of Le jardin d'enfants which is located on the grounds of the Musée National Fernand Léger at Biot.
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Le jardin d'enfants
Details
Fernand Leger (1881-1955)
Le jardin d'enfants
signed and numbered 'F.LEGER 1/8' (on the right side)
painted and glazed ceramic
Height: 21½ in. (54.6 cm.)
Length: 25½ in. (64.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1952; this ceramic version cast in the 1980s
Le jardin d'enfants
signed and numbered 'F.LEGER 1/8' (on the right side)
painted and glazed ceramic
Height: 21½ in. (54.6 cm.)
Length: 25½ in. (64.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1952; this ceramic version cast in the 1980s
Literature
P. de Francia, Fernand Léger, New Haven, 1983, p. 237 (monumental version illustrated in color, pl. 58).
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger, Vivre dans le Vrai, Paris, 1987, pp. 338-339 (monumental version illustrated in color).
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger, Vivre dans le Vrai, Paris, 1987, pp. 338-339 (monumental version illustrated in color).
Exhibited
New York, Marisa del Re Gallery, Léger: Ceramics, Tapestries, Mosaics, Sculpture, February-April 1994.