Sale 1148
New York
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7 November 2002
Price realised
USD 130,500
Estimate
Fernand Leger (1881-1955) Composition abstraite signed and dated 'F. LEGER 31' (lower right) oil on canvas 18 1/8 x 10¾ in. (46.1 x 27.3 cm.) Painted in 1931
Provenance
Paul Haim, Paris. Galerie Berggruen, Paris. Galerie Georges Moos, Geneva. Saidenberg Gallery, New York.
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Literature
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger, Catalogue raisonné 1929-1931, Paris, 1995, p. 292, no. 778 (illustrated; with incorrect measurements).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Europe, F. Léger, Peintures et gouaches 1918-1955, March 1960, no. 11.
Pre-Lot Text
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