After Fernand Léger
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After Fernand Léger

Tapis vert

Details
After Fernand Léger
Tapis vert
signed 'F. Leger.' (in the weave; on the reverse)
wool tapestry
95 x 45¼ in. (240 x 115 cm.)
Conceived after a design by Fernand Léger before 1930 for Myrbor, this version probably executed by Marie Cuttoli and Galerie Lucie Weill between 1949 and 1962
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Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent. This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

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Lot Essay


The design for this carpet is most likely part of a series Léger produced for the Myrbor Gallery based on the principles of Purism. Resembling collages, their names were determined by the colour of the grounds, White, Red, Green etc.

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