Sale 11793
London
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23 June 2016
Price realised
GBP 194,500
Estimate
Fernand Léger (1881-1955) Nadia stamped with the initials 'F.L.' (lower right) brush and India ink on paper 25 1/2 x 19 in. (64.9 x 48.3 cm.) Executed circa 1948-1952
Provenance
Galerie de l’Elysée (Alex Maguy), Paris (no. 1687). Private collection, Europe, by 1979, and thence by descent to the present owners.
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Literature
J. Cassou & J. Leymarie, Fernand Léger, Drawings and Gouaches, London, 1973, no. 258, p. 175 (illustrated).
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