Lot 3269 - A209 Impressionist & Modern Art - Friday, 21. June 2024, 05.00 PM
FERNAND LÉGER
(Argentan 1881–1955 Gif-sur-Yvette)
Tête et oiseau. 1949.
Gouache and India ink on paper.
Monogrammed and dated lower right: F.L.49.
With confirmation of authenticity by Louis Grosclaude verso.
With confirmation of authenticity by Louis Grosclaude verso.
34 × 25.7 cm.
Certificate:
Irus Hansma, Muri bei Bern, 22.2.2024.
Provenance:
- Louis Grosclaude, Éditions des Gaules, Paris.
- Private collection, West Switzerland, received as a gift and thence by descent.
Our thanks to Irus Hansma for confirming the authenticity of this work.
The sheet was painted on the back of the title page of Arthur Rimbaud's "Les Illuminations", for whose 1949 edition Fernand Léger had produced lithographs.
The sheet was painted on the back of the title page of Arthur Rimbaud's "Les Illuminations", for whose 1949 edition Fernand Léger had produced lithographs.
CHF 25 000 / 35 000 | (€ 25 770 / 36 080)
Sold for CHF 41 250 (including buyer’s premium)
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