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Fernand Léger

Argentan 1881 – 1955 Gif-sur-Yvette

Erster Entwurf zu einer Figurine aus dem Ballett „Créature du monde“. Circa 1922/23

Pencil on wove paper (watermark: Canson & Montgolfiers). 31,5 × 24,4 cm (12 ⅜ × 9 ⅝ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Fernand Léger. Erster Entwurf zu einer Figurine aus dem Ballett „Créature du monde“. Circa 1922/23.

Estimate:

EUR 10,000

 

- 15,000

USD 11,400

 

- 17,000

Sold for:

17,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions October 2018

Bernd Schultz Collection III, Friday, 26.10.2018

Information

Pencil on wove paper (watermark: Canson & Montgolfiers). 31,5 × 24,4 cm (12 ⅜ × 9 ⅝ in.). Confirmed by Nadia Léger with pen and black India ink on the reverse lower left: authentique Fernand Léger N. Léger 1956 3/VI. On the reverse: detail of a rejected composition. Brush and India ink over pencil. Costume design for the ballet „La Création du monde“, which premiered on 25th October 1923 at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris under the direction of Rolf de Maré..

Private Collection, Northern Germany

Auction 227: Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 1–3 June 1978, cat. no. 811, illustration p. 286 / Auction 157: Villa Grisebach Auktionen, Berlin, 31 May 2008, cat. no. 328

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