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FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
Le vase vert
signed 'F. LEGER' (lower right); signed again, dated and titled 'F LEGER 47 LE VASE VERT ' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
36 1/4 x 25 5/8 in. (92 x 65.2 cm.)
Painted in 1947
Provenance
Galerie Louise Leiris (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris (by 1952).
Paul Haim, Paris.
Galerie Louis Carré et Cie., Paris.
Anon. sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 11 November 1987, lot 89.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint, 1944-1948, Paris, 2000, p. 152, no. 1247 (illustrated, p. 153; with incorrect cataloguing).
Exhibited
Copenhagen, Kunstforeningen, Fernand Léger Udstilling, January-February 1951, no. 25.
Sao Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna, I Bienal, October-December 1951, p. 59, no. 87.
Santiago, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Segunda exposición de plástica francesa contemporánea, June-July 1952, p. 36, no. 70.
London, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., Fernand Léger Paintings, Drawings, Lithographs, Ceramics, December 1954-January 1955, p. 15, no. 26.
Tokyo, Fuji Television Gallery, Fernand Léger March 1972, no. 5 (illustrated).
Geneva, Musée de l’Athénée, Léger-Vasarely, July-October 1979, no. 1 (illustrated).
Details
FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
Le vase vert
signed 'F. LEGER' (lower right); signed again, dated and titled 'F LEGER 47 LE VASE VERT ' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
36 1/4 x 25 5/8 in. (92 x 65.2 cm.)
Painted in 1947
Provenance
Galerie Louise Leiris (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris (by 1952).
Paul Haim, Paris.
Galerie Louis Carré et Cie., Paris.
Anon. sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 11 November 1987, lot 89.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint, 1944-1948, Paris, 2000, p. 152, no. 1247 (illustrated, p. 153; with incorrect cataloguing).
Exhibited
Copenhagen, Kunstforeningen, Fernand Léger Udstilling, January-February 1951, no. 25.
Sao Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna, I Bienal, October-December 1951, p. 59, no. 87.
Santiago, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Segunda exposición de plástica francesa contemporánea, June-July 1952, p. 36, no. 70.
London, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., Fernand Léger Paintings, Drawings, Lithographs, Ceramics, December 1954-January 1955, p. 15, no. 26.
Tokyo, Fuji Television Gallery, Fernand Léger March 1972, no. 5 (illustrated).
Geneva, Musée de l’Athénée, Léger-Vasarely, July-October 1979, no. 1 (illustrated).
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