Modern Day Auction
Modern Day Auction
Property from a Private Collection, New York
Fernand Léger
Portrait de Paul Éluard
Auction Closed
November 17, 10:26 PM GMT
Estimate
600,000 - 800,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection, New York
Fernand Léger
1881 - 1955
Portrait de Paul Éluard
signed twice F. Leger, dated 47 and inscribed A Alice amigo (lower right); signed F. Leger, titled and dated 47 (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
25⅝ by 19⅞ in.
65.1 by 50.5 cm.
Executed in 1947.
Alice Ahrweiler, Paris (acquired directly from the artist)
Galerie 65, Cannes
Palais Galliera Paris, 12 June 1964, lot 84
Acquired from the above by the wife of the present owner
Galerie 65, Cannes
Palais Galliera Paris, 12 June 1964, lot 84
Acquired from the above by the wife of the present owner
Frank Elgar, Léger. Peintures, 1911-1948, Paris, 1948, pl. XII, illustrated
Jean-Luc Guillevic, “Sur des Figures de Fernand Léger,” Cahiers d’Art, Paris, 1949, fig. IV, p. 84, illustrated
Frank Elgar, “Picasso Léger, deux hommes, deux mondes,” Les Amis de l’Art, Paris, 1954, pl. 16, illustrated
"Hommage à Fernand Léger," Les Lettres Françaises, Paris, 1955, no. 582, p. 12, illustrated
Pierre Descargues, Fernand Léger, Prague, 1960, no. 46
Eva Petrová, Fernand Léger, Prague, 1966, p. 129, illustrated
Georges Bauquier, Fernand Léger, Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint, 1944-1948, Paris, 2000, no. 1251, p. 159, illustrated
Jean-Luc Guillevic, “Sur des Figures de Fernand Léger,” Cahiers d’Art, Paris, 1949, fig. IV, p. 84, illustrated
Frank Elgar, “Picasso Léger, deux hommes, deux mondes,” Les Amis de l’Art, Paris, 1954, pl. 16, illustrated
"Hommage à Fernand Léger," Les Lettres Françaises, Paris, 1955, no. 582, p. 12, illustrated
Pierre Descargues, Fernand Léger, Prague, 1960, no. 46
Eva Petrová, Fernand Léger, Prague, 1966, p. 129, illustrated
Georges Bauquier, Fernand Léger, Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint, 1944-1948, Paris, 2000, no. 1251, p. 159, illustrated