Provenance
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris
Jan Krugier Gallery, New York
Christie's, New York, November 8, 1995, lot 196
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Elkon Gallery, Inc., La Femme XIXth & XXth Century Master Works on Paper, October 16–December 15, 1990, p. 19 (illustrated)
New York, Robert Miller Gallery, Portraits on Paper, June 25–August–2, 1991, n.p.

Property of an East Coast Collector

174

Fernand Léger

Femme à l'écharpe (Mrs. Chester Dale)

brush and ink on paper
21 1/4 x 16 1/4 in. (54 x 41.3 cm)
Executed circa 1945.

Please note a certificate from the Comité Léger can be delivered to the purchaser upon request.

Estimate
$35,000 - 45,000

Sold for $50,400

Contact Specialist

Annie Dolan
Specialist, Head of Day Sale, Morning Session
+1 212 940 1288
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 19 May 2022

101
Gerhard Richter
4.10.85 (3)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $73,080
102
Gerhard Richter
22.5.86 (2)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $60,480
103
Gerhard Richter
7.12.85
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $252,000
104
Gerhard Richter
12.12.85
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $239,400
105
Gerhard Richter
8.3.85
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $151,200
106
Gerhard Richter
Nach 'Fallschirm' (After 'Parachute')
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $163,800
107
Gerhard Richter
8.1.84 (1)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $22,680
108
Gerhard Richter
8.1.84 (2)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,900
109
Theodoros Stamos
Jewel of Memory
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $81,900
110
Adolph Gottlieb
Two Figures
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $55,440
111
Sam Francis
Untitled (SF88-399)
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $302,400
112
John Chamberlain
The Vagabond's Prayer
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $378,000
113
Sam Gilliam
With Blue and...
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
114
Vivian Springford
Untitled
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $144,900
115
Mary Heilmann
Yellow, Red + Blue Drawing
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $126,000
116
Mary Heilmann
Le Mans
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $189,000
117
David Smith
Main Pribilof
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
Sold for $277,200
118
Norman Lewis
Eye of the Storm
Estimate $500,000 - 700,000
Sold for $604,800
119
This lot is no longer available.
120
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled
Estimate $600,000 - 800,000
Sold for $877,000
121
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $504,000
122
Dondi White
Reign Man Cometh
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $44,100
123
Jean Dubuffet
Mire G 67 (Boléro)
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $214,200
124
Kenny Scharf
PRIMARYBLOBZ
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $214,200
125
Kenny Scharf
DR. PURPLE
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $302,400
126
Robert Indiana
LOVE (Violet Faces Red Sides)
Estimate $600,000 - 800,000
Sold for $724,500
127
Robert Indiana
Picasso
Estimate $600,000 - 800,000
Sold for $1,058,500
128
Jim Dine
The King of Patches
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $113,400
129
James Rosenquist
The Serenade for the Doll after Claude Debussy, Gift Wrapped Doll #22
Estimate $120,000 - 200,000
Sold for $138,600
130
Alex Katz
Untitled
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $403,200
131
Andy Warhol
Portrait of Hans Preben Smith
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $201,600
132
Richard Pettibone
Roy Lichtenstein, 'Seductive Girl', 1964 Purple-Yellow
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $69,300
133
Richard Pettibone
Andy Warhol, 'Mao'
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $20,160
134
Richard Pettibone
Andy Warhol, ‘Two Jackies', 1964
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $37,800
135
Richard Pettibone
Andy Warhol, 'Scotch Broth Soup', 1962
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $32,760
136
Richard Pettibone
Andy Warhol, 'Campbell’s Soup Can', 1962
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $37,800
137
Jim Dine
Two Hearts (Due Cuori)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $69,300
138
Tom Wesselmann
Final Study for Kate Nude
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $115,920
139
Peter Saul
Bush Over Baghdad
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $163,800
140
Malcolm Morley
Aegean Crime
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $327,600
141
Ed Paschke
Dumattica
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $16,380
142
Robert Colescott
Crocodile in the Sewer
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $52,920
143
Philip Guston
Untitled (Drawing from the Phlebitis Series)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $88,200
144
Larry Rivers
Last Civil War Veteran
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $47,880
145
Andy Warhol
Gun
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $126,000
146
Ed Ruscha
Statistical Significance
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $189,000
147
David Hockney
The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 17 April
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $277,200
148
Jennifer Bartlett
In the Garden #108
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
149
John Baldessari
Woman Looking at Plant (With Two Carrots)
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
150
Charles Ray
All my Clothes
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $170,100
151
Vito Acconci
Modular Fluorescent Sofa
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
152
John McCracken
IOS
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $151,200
153
Brice Marden
Untitled
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $75,600
154
Sol LeWitt
Wall Drawing #1023: Isometric form
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $151,200
155
Sam Gilliam
Reef II
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $371,700
156
Sam Gilliam
Shimmering Pisces
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
157
Louise Nevelson
Rain Forest Column XXI
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $630,000
158
Louise Nevelson
The Wedding Present
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
Sold for $352,800
159
Thierry De Cordier
Je Suis le Monde!
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $107,100
160
John Chamberlain
Maquette
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $126,000
161
Louise Nevelson
Cityscape
Estimate $35,000 - 50,000
Sold for $52,920
162
Louise Bourgeois
Femme
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $352,800
163
Louise Bourgeois
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $100,800
164
Alice Rahon
Main Street
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $44,100
165
Alice Rahon
Dans la nuit du commencement
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $69,300
166
Joseph Cornell
J. Eagels Autumnal - Spring
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $47,880
167
Joseph Cornell
Isle of Children
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $63,000
168
Joseph Cornell
Dovecote
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $63,000
169
Joseph Cornell
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
170
Joseph Cornell
The Garden Party
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
171
Alexander Calder
18 works: (i-xviii) Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $56,700
172
Jamie Wyeth
Duck, Fence, and Stump
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $44,100
173
Giorgio Morandi
Natura morta
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,200
174
Fernand Léger
Femme à l'écharpe (Mrs. Chester Dale)
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $50,400
175
Pablo Picasso
Two works: (i-ii) Maternité
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $107,100
176
Francisco Zúñiga
Desnudo de anciana
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $59,850
177
Fernando Botero
Woman with Serpent
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $176,400
178
Salvador Dalí
Head of Dante
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $100,800
179
Édouard Vuillard
La pipe
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $35,280
180
Armand Guillaumin
Vue de la pointe d’Ivry
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
181
This lot is no longer available.
182
Fernand Léger
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $44,100
183
Georges Valmier
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $11,970
184
Georges Valmier
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $6,930
185
José Mijares
Lo concreto en rojo
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $50,400
186
George Rickey
Inverted Column
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $40,320
187
Larry Bell
9/11
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $11,970
188
Suzan Frecon
Light & Earth
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $75,600
189
Sam Gilliam
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $88,200
190
Louise Fishman
Door to the Studio
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $13,860
191
Louise Fishman
Moment of Change
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $57,960
192
Hermann Nitsch
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $52,920
193
Jules Olitski
Empress Love - 2
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $52,920
194
Larry Poons
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $157,500
195
Ross Bleckner
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $81,900
196
Francesco Clemente
Ativiam
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $30,240
197
George Condo
Etruscan Study
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $151,200
198
John Wesley
Bonnets
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $37,800
199
Ed Ruscha
So
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $119,700
200
Andy Warhol
Two works: (i) Cabbage Patch Doll (Girl); (ii) Cabbage Patch Doll (Boy)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $27,720
201
Andy Warhol
Heinz Kosher Dill Pickles Jar with Alarm
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $18,900
202
Andy Warhol
Three works (i-iii): Self-Portrait
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,400
203
Gerhard Richter
Guildenstern
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $16,380
204
Franz West
Untitled (Rasenmacher No. 80)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $47,880
205
James Lee Byars
Compositie
Estimate $6,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,190
206
Richard Artschwager
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $37,800
207
Wolf Kahn
Adams Barn
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $88,200

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale,...

New York Auction 19 May 2022

Provenance

Exhibited

174

Fernand Léger

Femme à l'écharpe (Mrs. Chester Dale)

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session