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Lot 414
  • 414

Fernand Léger

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Fernand Léger
  • Le Jongleur et les deux trapézistes
  • Brush and ink and pencil on tracing paper laid down on card
  • Image: 7 5/8 by 10 1/2 in.; 19.5 by 26.9 cm
  • Sheet: 12 5/8 by 18 7/8 in.; 32.2 by 48.1 cm

Provenance

Aimé Maeght, Paris
Galerie Maeght (Adrien Maeght), Paris
Private Collection, Paris (acquired from the above in 2005)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

Executed on cream colored wove paper laid down on card. Artist pinholes scattered near upper left and upper right corners. Some repaired tears: extending vertically from center off bottom edge and to the right of the rightmost horse. some loses to the extreme upper right, lower right and lower left corner. Some hard creases in the left portion and right portion of the sheet, outside the image area and running vertically through the center of the sheet. Some losses and associated fills in the lower center of the sheet, outside the image area. A mat stain around the perimeter of the sheet and a surface stain at lower center, well outside of image area. Sheet is time darkened. This work is in fair condition.
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