Sale 8058
London, South Kensington
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3 July 1998
Price realised
GBP 4,600
Estimate
Fernand Leger (1881-1955) Trois elements de decor signed with initials on the reverse FL gouache, watercolour and pencil on paper 6½ x 10in. (16.5 x 25.5cm.) Executed in 1948 as a design for the Ballet Le Pas d'Acier
Provenance
Spencer A. Samuels & Co.Ltd., New York Galerie Adrien Maeght, Paris
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