Fernand Léger - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session New York Thursday, June 24, 2021 | Phillips

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    • Provenance

      Mira Jacob, Paris
      Collection Mira Jacob Galerie Le Bateau-Lavoir, Sotheby's Paris & Bailly ­Pommery ­Voutier & Associés, September 23, 2004, lot 116
      The Donald Marron Collection, New York (acquired at the above sale)
      Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2020

    • Exhibited

      Philadelphia Museum of Art, Léger: Modern Art and the Metropolis, October 14, 2013–January 5, 2014, no. 86, p. 268 (illustrated, p. 132); then travelled as Venice, Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, Museo Correr, Leger, 1910-1930: La visione della citta contemporanea, February 8–June 2, 2014, no. 25, p. 137 (illustrated, p. 90)
      East Hampton, Pace Gallery, Works on Paper from a Distinguished Private Collection: A co-presentation by Acquavella Galleries, Gagosian, and Pace, August 12–20, 2020

    • Literature

      Jean-Paul Morel, Lever de rideau sur Fernand Léger, Lausanne, 2007, p. 140 (illustrated)

Ο132

La Roue (Projet d'affiche pour La Roue D'Abel Gance)

signed with the artist's initials and titled "Projet d'affiche pour la roue d'Abel Gance F. L" on the reverse
gouache, watercolor and graphite on paper
16 5/8 x 12 3/8 in. (42.2 x 31.4 cm)
Executed in 1920.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
$200,000 - 300,000 

Sold for $277,200

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 24 June 2021