Modern & Contemporary Day Auction
Modern & Contemporary Day Auction
Property from a Private Collector, London
Fernand Léger
Le vase noir
Auction Closed
June 30, 02:45 PM GMT
Estimate
300,000 - 500,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collector, London
Fernand Léger
1881 - 1955
Le vase noir
signed F. LEGER. and dated 47 (lower right); signed F. LEGER., dated 47 and titled on the reverse
oil on canvas
65 by 50.5cm., 25½ by 19⅞in.
Framed: 90.7 by 76cm., 35⅝ by 29⅞in.
Painted in 1947.
Galerie Louis Carré, Paris
Private Collection, France (acquired from the above. Sold: Christie's, London, 9th November 2000, lot 287)
Waddington Galleries, London
Private Collection, Europe (acquired from the above in 2004. Sold: Sotheby's, London, 23rd June 2011, lot 259)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Private Collection, France (acquired from the above. Sold: Christie's, London, 9th November 2000, lot 287)
Waddington Galleries, London
Private Collection, Europe (acquired from the above in 2004. Sold: Sotheby's, London, 23rd June 2011, lot 259)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Georges Bauquier, Fernand Léger. Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, 1944-1948, Paris, 2000, no. 1273, illustrated in colour p. 185