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Les Maisons
Details
FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
Les Maisons
signed with the artist's initials and dated FL. 22 (lower left)
pencil on paper
32 x 25,5 cm. (12 5⁄8 x 10 in.)
Drawn in 1922
Les Maisons
signed with the artist's initials and dated FL. 22 (lower left)
pencil on paper
32 x 25,5 cm. (12 5⁄8 x 10 in.)
Drawn in 1922
Provenance
Saidenberg Gallery, New York, by 1968.
Marlborough Fine Art, London, by 1971.
The Lord Weidenfeld (1919-2016), Vienna & London; Christie's, London, 4 April 1978, lot 129.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Marlborough Fine Art, London, by 1971.
The Lord Weidenfeld (1919-2016), Vienna & London; Christie's, London, 4 April 1978, lot 129.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
J. Cassou & J. Leymarie, Fernand Léger, Dessins et gouaches, Paris, 1972, no. 105, p. 81 (ill.).
Exhibited
New York, Saidenberg Gallery, Fernand Léger - Gouaches, Watercolors & Drawings from 1910 to 1953, November - December 1968, no. 18, p. 3 (ill.).
Paris, Galerie Claude Bernard, Fernand Léger - dessins, December 1970, no. 22 (ill.).
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Important Drawings, Watercolours and Graphics of the 19th and 20th Centuries, March - April 1971 (ex. cat.).
Paris, Grand Palais, Fernand Léger, October 1971 - January 1972, no. 298, p. 166.
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Fernand Léger, May - September 1997, no. 2, p. 148 (ill.); this exhibition later travelled to Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, October 1997 - January 1998, p. 189 (ill.).
Paris, Galerie Claude Bernard, Fernand Léger - dessins, December 1970, no. 22 (ill.).
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Important Drawings, Watercolours and Graphics of the 19th and 20th Centuries, March - April 1971 (ex. cat.).
Paris, Grand Palais, Fernand Léger, October 1971 - January 1972, no. 298, p. 166.
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Fernand Léger, May - September 1997, no. 2, p. 148 (ill.); this exhibition later travelled to Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, October 1997 - January 1998, p. 189 (ill.).
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