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Lot 215
  • 215

Fernand Léger

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Fernand Léger
  • La Ville
  • Signed with the initials F.L. (lower right)
  • Gouache and brush and ink on paper
  • 14 5/8 by 17 in.
  • 37.1 by 43.2 cm

Provenance

Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris
Private Collection, New York
MK Fine Art, New York
Acquired from the above

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper which has been hinged to a mount at two places on the top edge of the verso of the sheet. A few minor repaired tears are visible to the extreme outer edges including two inch-long tears along the top edge. The sheet is a little dirty, slightly time-darkened and very gently undulated. Remnants of tape are visible along the extreme outer edges of the verso from a previous mounting. A Louise Leiris label is attached on the top left edge of the verso of the sheet. The work is in good condtion.
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