Lot 371
  • 371

Fernand Léger

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 EUR
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Description

  • Fernand Léger
  • Composition aux contrastes or Composition au collier de perles
  • monogramed F.L. and dated 35 (lower right)
  • gouache, pencil and ink on paper
  • 37,4 x 46,3 cm ; 14 3/4 x 18 1/4 in.

Provenance

Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York
Private collection, France

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, laid down of a cloth backing board. The upper, right and left edges are unevenly cut. There is a repaired tear to the centre of the lower edge (approx. 2 cm long) and one further to the centre of the left edge (approx. 2 cm long). The sheet is time-stained. There is some small spots of foxing in places. Otherwise this work is in overall good condition.
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