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MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY MASTERS: PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED SWISS COLLECTION
FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
Personnages dans la ville
Details
FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
Personnages dans la ville
pen and green ink on paper
8 1⁄8 x 10 5⁄8 in. (20.6 x 26.9 cm.)
Executed circa 1924
Personnages dans la ville
pen and green ink on paper
8 1⁄8 x 10 5⁄8 in. (20.6 x 26.9 cm.)
Executed circa 1924
Provenance
Nadia Léger, Paris.
Musée Fernard Léger, Biot.
Lucien Lefebvre-Foinet, Paris, by at least 1972.
Amaury Taittinger Gallery, New York.
Thomas Sullivan, New York; sale, Christie’s, New York, 11 November 1987, lot 136.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, London, 4 April 1990, lot 147.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Musée Fernard Léger, Biot.
Lucien Lefebvre-Foinet, Paris, by at least 1972.
Amaury Taittinger Gallery, New York.
Thomas Sullivan, New York; sale, Christie’s, New York, 11 November 1987, lot 136.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, London, 4 April 1990, lot 147.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
J. Cassou & J. Leymarie, Fernand Léger, Dessins et gouaches, Paris, 1972, no. 111, p. 84 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Chicago, International Galleries, Fernard Léger, 1881-1955, Retrospective Exhibition, November - December 1966, no. 20, p. 18 (illustrated).
Paris, Artcurial, Méditerranée, sources et formes du XXe siècle, May - July 1988, p. 44 (illustrated).
Salzburg, Museum Moderner Kunst, Fernand Léger, L’esprit moderne, July - October 2002, no. VII, p. 94 (illustrated p. 95).
Turin, Fondazione Palazzo Bricherasio, Fernand Léger, L'oggetto e il suo contesto 1920-1940, January - April 1996.
Paris, Artcurial, Méditerranée, sources et formes du XXe siècle, May - July 1988, p. 44 (illustrated).
Salzburg, Museum Moderner Kunst, Fernand Léger, L’esprit moderne, July - October 2002, no. VII, p. 94 (illustrated p. 95).
Turin, Fondazione Palazzo Bricherasio, Fernand Léger, L'oggetto e il suo contesto 1920-1940, January - April 1996.
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