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This work is a smaller version of Le jardin d'enfants at the Musée National Fernand Léger at Biot
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Le jardin d'enfants
Details
Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
Le jardin d'enfants
signed and numbered 'F. Leger 6/8' (on the side)
painted and glazed ceramic
22¼ x 24¼ x 19¼in. (56.5 x 61.5 x 49cm.) excluding wooden base
Conceived in 1952, this ceramic version was cast in the 1980s
Le jardin d'enfants
signed and numbered 'F. Leger 6/8' (on the side)
painted and glazed ceramic
22¼ x 24¼ x 19¼in. (56.5 x 61.5 x 49cm.) excluding wooden base
Conceived in 1952, this ceramic version was cast in the 1980s
Provenance
Dominique Chanin Fine Art, New York
Literature
P. de Francia, Fernand Léger, New Haven, 1983, p.237 (monumental version illustrated in colour, pl.58)
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger, vivre dans le vrai, Paris, 1987, pp.338-339 (monumental version illustrated in colour)
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger, vivre dans le vrai, Paris, 1987, pp.338-339 (monumental version illustrated in colour)
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