LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on burlap

Measurements:

36.38 in. (92.40 cm.) (height) by 28.82 in. (73.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'F. LÉGER (1913)' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Reimagining Modernism: 1900-1950, summer 2014. New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014-2017 (on extended loan).

Literature:

G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, 1903-1919, Paris, 1990, p. 92, no. 50 (illustrated in color, p. 93). D. Kosinski, ed., Fernand Léger, 1911-1924: The Rhythm of Modern Life, exh. cat., Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, 1994 (illustrated, p. 18, fig. 1).

Provenance:

Galerie Kahnweiler, Paris. Galerie Simon (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris (acquired from the above). J.B. Neumann, Berlin. Klaus Gebhard, Elberfeld (circa 1920). Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne (acquired from the above, 1954). Hans Arnhold, New York (acquired from the above, 1956). By descent from the above to the present owner.