Fernand Léger

Bezeichnet unten rechts: F.L.
Rückseitig bezeichnet: Handschriftliches Zertifikat: Je Soussignee Nadja Leger certifie que f cette gouache N' G 224-1
Hanovre c'est une f oeuvre authentique de F Leger N. Leger f F.L. N' G 224-1 Hanovre

Collection Nadja Léger, Biot
Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1996

Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Fernand Léger 1881-1981, 1981, no. 69, illustrated in the catalogue
Madrid, Fundación Juan March, Fernand Léger, 1983, no. 96, illustrated in the catalogue
Hamburg, Kunstverein, Fernand Léger, Gouachen, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, 1983-84, no. 114, illustrated in the catalogue
Cologne, Galerie Gmurzynska, Fernand Léger, 1985, illustrated in the catalogue
Cologne, Galerie Gmurzynska, Fernand Léger Schlüsselwerke, 1990, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Uwe M. Schneede, Ernst-Gerhard Güse & Maurice Jardot,  Fernand Leger, Gouachen, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Ostfildern, 1986, no. 114, illustrated p. 149
Pierre Descargues, Fernand Léger, Paris, 1995, illustrated p. 187

Exectued on cream wove paper, not laid down. T hinged to the mount at the upper two corners. The upper edge is slightly uneavenly cut. The sheet is slightly time stained and there are tape remnants along all four edges, there are few scattered pinholes to all four corners.There are further few pinholes to the centre left, centre and centre right of the sheet and three pinholes to the upper centre, there is a foxing mark towards the upper centre and one to the lower centre sheet, the upper which is visible in the catalogue illustration. There is a diagonal crease to the upper right corner and a vertical crease towards the lower right corner with associated further creasing. There are further few scattered few pinhols to the left of the creases. There are a few medium losses to the thickly painted areas of the image, mainly to the ochre, orange and in places to the yellow pigments. There is some very thin stable craquelure to the think white pigment on the upper left. Otherwise, this work is in overall good condition.
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