Fernand Léger - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session New York Wednesday, November 14, 2018 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired in 1969)
    Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris
    Private Collection, Paris
    Artemis Fine Arts SA, Geneva
    Acquired from the above by the late owner in 2003

  • Exhibited

    Basel, Galerie Beyeler, F. Léger, August - October 1969, no. 20, p. 66

  • Literature

    Eugène Guillevic, Coodonnées: Dessins de Fernand Léger, Paris and Geneva, 1948, p. 25 (illustrated)
    Jean Cassou and Jean Leymarie, Fernand Léger: Drawings and Gouaches, London, 1973, no. 143, p. 107 (illustrated, titled Plumes et objets dans l'espace)

Property from the Estate of Howard Karshan

Ο102

Composition aux plumes

ink on paper
12 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (31.8 x 24.8 cm.)
Executed in 1930.

Estimate
$20,000 - 30,000 

Sold for $15,000

Contact Specialist
John McCord
Head of Day Sale, Morning Session
New York
+1 212 940 1261
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 14 November 2018