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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
Femme avec main devant son visage
Details
FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
Femme avec main devant son visage
signed twice with the artist's initials and dated 'F.L. 39' (lower right)
brush and pen and India ink and pencil on paper
15 3⁄8 x 12 5⁄8 in. (39.1 x 32 cm.)
Executed in 1939
Femme avec main devant son visage
signed twice with the artist's initials and dated 'F.L. 39' (lower right)
brush and pen and India ink and pencil on paper
15 3⁄8 x 12 5⁄8 in. (39.1 x 32 cm.)
Executed in 1939
Provenance
Douglas Cooper, London & Argilliers, by whom acquired directly from the artist in 1939; his sale, Christie's, New York, 11 May 1992, lot 44.
Landau Fine Art, Montreal.
Acquired from the above and thence by descent to the present owner.
Landau Fine Art, Montreal.
Acquired from the above and thence by descent to the present owner.
Exhibited
Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Picasso, Braque, Gris, Léger: Douglas Cooper Collecting Cubism, October - December 1990, no. 46, pp. 44 & 62 (illustrated p. 44, fig. 37; titled 'Woman with Hand before her Face' and with incorrect medium); this exhibition later travelled to Los Angeles, County Museum of Art, January - April 1991.
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Veronica Scarpati
Head of Works on Paper Sale