LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Size Notes:

73.6 x 92.4

Description:

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Markings:

signed and dated 'F. LGER. 27'

Exhibited:

London, Royal Academy of Arts, L'cole de Paris 1900-1950, January-March 1951, no. 107.Kunsthalle Bern, Fernand Lger, April-May 1952, no. 38.Saint-Etienne, Muse d'Art et d'Industrie, Natures mortes: de Gricault  nos jour, April-May 1955, p. 21, no. 58.Paris, Muse national d'art moderne, Collection Andr Lefvre, March-April 1964, p. 29, no. 158.

Literature:

R. Deroudille, Lger, Paris, 1968, p. 42 (illustrated in color).G. Bauquier, Fernand Lger: Catalogue raisonn de l'uvre peint, 1925-1928, Paris, 1993, vol. III, p. 208, no. 514 (illustrated in color, p. 209).

Provenance:

Galerie Simon (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris.Andr Lefvre, Paris (by 1951); his sale, Palais Galliera, Paris, 29 November 1966, lot 89.Prince Igor Troubetzkoy, Paris (acquired at the above sale, until at least 2001).Galerie Interart, Geneva.Acquired from the above by the present owner, 30 October 2007.