COLLECTION PAUL ROSENBERG
FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)

Composition

Price realised EUR 1,824,250
Estimate
EUR 700,000 – EUR 1,000,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)

Composition

Price realised EUR 1,824,250
Closed: 3 Dec 2007
Price realised EUR 1,824,250
Closed: 3 Dec 2007
Details
FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
Composition
signé et daté 'F.LÉGER.30' (en bas à droite); signé, daté et titré 'Composition F.LÉGER.30' (au revers)
huile sur toile
89.2 x 130.4 cm. (35 1/8 x 51 3/8 in.)
Peint en 1930
Provenance
Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York (no. PH1462).
Paul et Marguerite Rosenberg, Paris.
Puis par descendance au propriétaire actuel.
Literature
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger, catalogue raisonné 1929-1931, Paris, 1995, p. 142, no. 687 (illustré).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Paul Rosenberg, Fernand Léger, novembre-décembre 1930.
Berne, Kunsthalle, Fernand Léger, avril-mai 1952, no. 53.
Paris, Galerie Maeght, Hommage à Fernand Léger. Peinture de 1920 à 1930, 1955, no. 15 (illustré).
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT payable at 19.6% (5.5% for books) will be added to the buyer’s premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis
Further details
'COMPOSITION'; SIGNED AND DATED LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED, DATED AND TITLED ON THE REVERSE; OIL ON CANVAS.

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