FERNAND LÉGER | ÉTUDE POUR "LA GRANDE PARADE"
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May 18, 04:33 PM GTNN
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
Lot Details
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FERNAND LÉGER
(1881 - 1955)
ÉTUDE POUR "LA GRANDE PARADE"
Signed F. Leger, dated 24 Août 48 and dedicated Vive la Sainte Jeanne! Affectueusement ton père normand (lower right)
Gouache, watercolor, brush and ink and pencil on paper laid down on card
12½ by 19⅝ in. (32.5 by 49.9 cm)
Framed: 25¼ by 32¾ in. (64 by 83 cm)
Executed on August 24, 1948.
(Probably) Jeanne-Augustine Lohy, Paris (the wife of the artist)
Private collects ion, Florida (and sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 17, 1990, lot 198)
Private collects ion, Switzerland (acquired at the above sale)
Sale: Christie's, New York, November 7, 2007, lot 212
Howard Russeck Replica Handbags , Palm Beach (acquired at the above sale)
Jean Cassou & Jean Leymarie, Fernand Léger, Drawings and Gouaches, London, 1973, no. 299, illustrated p. 199
Jean Cassou & Jean Leymarie, Fernand Léger, Dessins et gouaches, nouvelle édition, 2012, no. 16-147, http://www.legerdessinsetgouaches.com/tableaux/etude-pour-la-grande-parade-1/ (accessed on April 29, 2020)