Sale 5226
London, South Kensington
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28 November 2007
Price realised
GBP 11,875
Estimate
Fernand Léger (1881-1955) Etude de murale signed with initials 'F.L.' (lower right) pencil, brush, black ink and gouache on paper 8¼ x 9in. (21 x 22.8cm.) Executed in 1952
Provenance
Fairweather-Hardin Gallery, Chicago Perls Galleries, New York Anon. sale, Sotheby's Parke Bernet, Los Angeles, 21st May 1973, lot 90 Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 13th June 1990, lot 139 where acquired by the present owner
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