
The Matthew and Carolyn Bucksbaum Collection
Les Constructeurs au vélo
Auction Closed
November 21, 09:32 PM GMT
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
The Matthew and Carolyn Bucksbaum Collection
Fernand Léger
1881 - 1955
Les Constructeurs au vélo
faintly signed with the initials F.L and dated 50 (lower right)
gouache, brush and ink, paper collage and pencil on joined paper squared for transfer, laid down on board
27 ⅝ by 19 in.
70.2 by 48.3 cm.
Executed in 1950.
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris
Dr. Rosa Cristina Klein, Stuttgart (acquired by 1971 and until at least 1984)
Donald B. Marron, New York (acquired by 1988)
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1990)
Marc Blondeau, Paris
Private Collection, France (acquired from the above)
Christie’s, New York, 14 November 1996, lot 325 (consigned by the above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Biot, Musée national Fernand Léger, no. D548
Zurich, Galerie René Ziegler, Fernand Léger, no. 16
Paris, Grand Palais, Fernand Léger, 1971-72, no. 181, p. 140, illustrated; p. 129
Kunsthalle Cologne, Fernand Léger–Das figurliche Werk, 1978, no. 105
Mechelen, Stedelijk Museum, Fernand Léger, 1979, no. 117
Berlin, Staatlische Kunsthalle, Fernand Léger, 1881-1955, 1980-81, no. 255, p. 494, illustrated; p. 615
Kunstverein Hamburg; Münster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum and Kunsthalle Tübingen, Fernand Léger: Gouachen, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, 1983-84, no. 100, p. 139, illustrated; p. 159
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery and Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Fernand Léger: The Late Years, 1987-88, no. 96, pl. 71, illustrated in color
Peter de Francia, Fernand Léger, London, 1983, no. 7.57, p. 169, illustrated; p. 199
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