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BIRTH OF THE MODERN: THE ARNOLD AND JOAN SALTZMAN COLLECTION
FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
Racine
Details
FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
Racine
signed and dated 'F. LEGER 37' (lower right); signed and dated again and titled 'RACINE—F LEGER. 37' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
36 ¼ x 25 5⁄8 in. (91.9 x 65 cm.)
Painted in 1937
Racine
signed and dated 'F. LEGER 37' (lower right); signed and dated again and titled 'RACINE—F LEGER. 37' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
36 ¼ x 25 5⁄8 in. (91.9 x 65 cm.)
Painted in 1937
Provenance
Galerie Louis Carré et Cie., Paris.
Private collection, Marseille.
Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva.
Anon. sale, Galerie Motte, Geneva, 8 December 1970, lot 93.
Anon. sale, Palais Galléria, Paris, 27 May 1975, lot 75.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 16 November 1983, lot 62A.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Private collection, Marseille.
Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva.
Anon. sale, Galerie Motte, Geneva, 8 December 1970, lot 93.
Anon. sale, Palais Galléria, Paris, 27 May 1975, lot 75.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 16 November 1983, lot 62A.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Literature
J. Bazaine, Fernand Léger: Peintures Antérieures à 1940, Paris, 1945, pp. 43 and 50 (illustrated, p. 43; titled Le tronc d'arbre).
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, 1932-1937, Paris, 1996, vol. V, p. 218, no. 925 (illustrated in color, p. 219).
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, 1932-1937, Paris, 1996, vol. V, p. 218, no. 925 (illustrated in color, p. 219).
Exhibited
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, Léger, January-March 1999, pp. 13 and 60 (illustrated in color, p. 13).
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, The Moderns: Selections From the Saltzman Family Collection, July-November 2015.
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, The Moderns: Selections From the Saltzman Family Collection, July-November 2015.
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