Lot Essay
While this impression appears to be signed upside down in comparison to the catalogue raisonné, Saphire notes that this edition was signed in either orientation.
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THE ARROGANT EYE: THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE LARRY SAPHIRE
FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
La Racine noire
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FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
La Racine noire
lithograph in colors, on Arches paper, 1948, signed, dedicated and dated in pencil 'À Madame Marguerite Bloc 49...Leger', a proof aside from the numbered edition of 75, published by galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, with full margins, pale foxing in places in the margins, two pinpoint holes in the right margin above the inscription
Image: 18 ¼ x 14 5/8 in. (464 x 372 mm.)
Sheet: 19 5/8 x 25 5/8 in. (499 x 651 mm.)
La Racine noire
lithograph in colors, on Arches paper, 1948, signed, dedicated and dated in pencil 'À Madame Marguerite Bloc 49...Leger', a proof aside from the numbered edition of 75, published by galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, with full margins, pale foxing in places in the margins, two pinpoint holes in the right margin above the inscription
Image: 18 ¼ x 14 5/8 in. (464 x 372 mm.)
Sheet: 19 5/8 x 25 5/8 in. (499 x 651 mm.)
Literature
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