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MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY MASTERS: PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED SWISS COLLECTION
FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
Composition aux éléments mécaniques
Details
FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
Composition aux éléments mécaniques
signed and dated 'F. Léger 19' (lower right)
pencil on paper
20 7⁄8 x 16 3⁄8 in. (52.9 x 41.6 cm.)
Drawn in 1919
Composition aux éléments mécaniques
signed and dated 'F. Léger 19' (lower right)
pencil on paper
20 7⁄8 x 16 3⁄8 in. (52.9 x 41.6 cm.)
Drawn in 1919
Provenance
Hector Brame, Paris.
Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris.
Virginia F. Chambers, Paris & New York, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 6 November 1981, lot 533.
Stephen Hahn, New York.
Donald Morris Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan.
The Maurice & Margo Cohen collection, by whom acquired from the above in August 1983; sale, Christie’s, New York, 13 May 1999, lot 341.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris.
Virginia F. Chambers, Paris & New York, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 6 November 1981, lot 533.
Stephen Hahn, New York.
Donald Morris Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan.
The Maurice & Margo Cohen collection, by whom acquired from the above in August 1983; sale, Christie’s, New York, 13 May 1999, lot 341.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
J. Cassou & J. Leymarie, Fernand Léger, Dessins et gouaches, Paris, 1972, no. 44, p. 50 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Hamburg, Kunsthalle, Französische Zeichnungen des XX. Jahrhunderts, September - November 1959, no. 132, p. 18.
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