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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
AFTER FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
Les quatre cyclistes
Details
AFTER FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
Les quatre cyclistes
signed 'F.LEGER' and inscribed with the monogram 'CP' (lower left)
tapestry
102 3⁄8 x 123 in. (260 x 312.5 cm.)
Hand weaved by Yvette Cauquil-Prince based on a painting by Fernand Léger: Les quatre cyclistes (Les belles cyclistes) (1943-1948), in the collection of the Musée National F. Léger.
Les quatre cyclistes
signed 'F.LEGER' and inscribed with the monogram 'CP' (lower left)
tapestry
102 3⁄8 x 123 in. (260 x 312.5 cm.)
Hand weaved by Yvette Cauquil-Prince based on a painting by Fernand Léger: Les quatre cyclistes (Les belles cyclistes) (1943-1948), in the collection of the Musée National F. Léger.
Provenance
Private collection, France, by whom commissioned from the artist's estate, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Y. Brunhammer, Fernand Léger, L'œuvre monumental, Milan, 2005, no. 212, p. 215 (another example illustrated p. 198).
Exhibited
Toulouse, Les Abattoirs, Léger Monumental , March - September, 2005, no. 22, p. 55 (illustrated fig. 23, p. 47).
Further details
Georges Bauquier has confirmed that this work was executed after the original painting by Fernand Léger: Les quatre cyclistes (Les belles cyclistes).
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