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x Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
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x Fernand Léger (1881-1955)

Femme à la feuille, 1931
Indian ink and pencil on paper
Signed with initials and dated lower right
36 x 26.5 cm
Provenance:
- Artist's studio
- Julien Levy Gallery, New York
- Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., New York
- New York sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., 16 February 1950, lot 12
- Blue Moon Gallery, New York
- Douglas Cooper, Argilliers
- Lionel Prejger, Paris
- Private collection, Switzerland
- Auction, Paris, Remy le Fur & Associes, 23 May 2011, lot 170
- Formerly in the Larry Saphire collection
- New York auction, Christie's, 14 May 2019, lot 105
Exhibitions:
- Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, "The Walter P. Chrysler Jr. Collection", 1937
- Richmond, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and The Philadelphia Museum of Art, "Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.", January-May 1941
- Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, "Fernand Leger: Works on Paper", April-June 1989
- Milan, Palazzo Reale, "Fernand Leger", November 1989 - June 1990
- Villeneuve d'Ascq, Musee LaM, "Fernand Leger", November 1989 - June 1990
- Paris, Galerie Berggruen & Cie, "Fernand Leger: Gouaches, Watercolours and Drawings", October - November 1996

Estimate
15 000 / 20 000 €
Result (Buyer’s fees and taxes included)
21 269 €
Dimensions including frame : 58,5 x 50 cm
Work examined framed
Distortion of the support: small breaks in the paper and micro-tears along the edges
Paper slightly yellowed
One pinhole on the upper edge in the center
A small loss on the lower edge in the center