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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
AFTER FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
Les quatre acrobates
Details
AFTER FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
Les quatre acrobates
signed and numbered 'F. LÉGER 1⁄1' (lower right)
mosaic
70 7⁄8 x 56 ¾ in. (180 x 144 cm.)
This unique work was executed by Heidi Melano after a painting by Fernand Léger: Les quatre acrobates (Les acrobates en gris) (1942-1944), with Georges Bauquier's approval and under his control
Les quatre acrobates
signed and numbered 'F. LÉGER 1⁄1' (lower right)
mosaic
70 7⁄8 x 56 ¾ in. (180 x 144 cm.)
This unique work was executed by Heidi Melano after a painting by Fernand Léger: Les quatre acrobates (Les acrobates en gris) (1942-1944), with Georges Bauquier's approval and under his control
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. 194, p. 214 (illustrated p. 182).
Exhibited
New York, Nassau County Museum of Art, Léger, January - March 1999, p. 61 (illustrated p. 36).
Girona, Jardíns de Cap Roig, Léger monumental, June - September 2002, p. 34 (illustrated p. 35).
Toulouse, Les Abbatoirs, Léger monumental, March - September 2005, no. 6, p. 31 (illustrated).
Girona, Jardíns de Cap Roig, Léger monumental, June - September 2002, p. 34 (illustrated p. 35).
Toulouse, Les Abbatoirs, Léger monumental, March - September 2005, no. 6, p. 31 (illustrated).
Further details
Georges Bauquier has approved and overseen the execution of this work.
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