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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED BRITISH COLLECTION
FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
Le Déjeuner
Details
FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
Le Déjeuner
signed with the artist's initials and indistinctly dated 'F.L 1' (upper left)
watercolour, brush and India ink and pencil on paper
10 ¼ x 14 1⁄8 in. (25.9 x 36 cm.)
Executed in March 1921
Le Déjeuner
signed with the artist's initials and indistinctly dated 'F.L 1' (upper left)
watercolour, brush and India ink and pencil on paper
10 ¼ x 14 1⁄8 in. (25.9 x 36 cm.)
Executed in March 1921
Provenance
Galerie de L'Effort Moderne [Léonce Rosenberg], Paris (no. 7359), by whom acquired directly from the artist, on 4 April 1921.
Jacques Zoubaloff, Paris, by whom acquired from the above, on 13 December 1921.
The Zwemmer Gallery, London, by 1936 and until circa 1960.
J.P.L. Fine Arts, London, by 1978.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 1 April 1987, lot 351.
Private collection, Switzerland; sale, Christie's, New York, 15 May 1997, lot 392.
Private collection, New York, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Acquired from the above; sale, Christie's, New York, 11 November 2019, lot 31A.
Acquired at the above sale; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 18 May 2020, lot 35.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Jacques Zoubaloff, Paris, by whom acquired from the above, on 13 December 1921.
The Zwemmer Gallery, London, by 1936 and until circa 1960.
J.P.L. Fine Arts, London, by 1978.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 1 April 1987, lot 351.
Private collection, Switzerland; sale, Christie's, New York, 15 May 1997, lot 392.
Private collection, New York, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Acquired from the above; sale, Christie's, New York, 11 November 2019, lot 31A.
Acquired at the above sale; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 18 May 2020, lot 35.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
E. Holding, 'London Shows', in Axis, no. 5, London, Spring 1936, p. 27 (illustrated p. 26; titled 'Water Colour').
C. Derouet, ed., Correspondances Fernand Léger - Léonce Rosenberg, 1917-1937, Paris, 1996, no. 7359, pp. 82 & 269 (titled 'Les femmes à la nature morte' and with incorrect medium).
C. Derouet, ed., Correspondances Fernand Léger - Léonce Rosenberg, 1917-1937, Paris, 1996, no. 7359, pp. 82 & 269 (titled 'Les femmes à la nature morte' and with incorrect medium).
Exhibited
London, J.P.L. Fine Arts, Fernand Léger: Drawings and Gouaches 1910-1953, March - April 1978, no. 5, n.p. (titled 'Femme Attablee'; with incorrect medium).
London, Annely Juda Fine Art, Abstraction 1910-1940, July - September 1980, no. 89, p. 49 (illustrated; titled 'Femme attablée' and with incorrect medium).
London, Annely Juda Fine Art, Abstraction 1910-1940, July - September 1980, no. 89, p. 49 (illustrated; titled 'Femme attablée' and with incorrect medium).
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