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xx Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
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xx Fernand Léger (1881-1955)

Carpet
Wool
Signature embroidered on the reverse
Éditions Marie Cuttoli-Lucie Weill, Paris
Model created between 1949-1962, based on a cardboard model circa 1926
H 263×W 139cm
Bibliography
- "Encyclopédie des métiers d'art: Décoration Moderne" (Encyclopaedia of Arts and Crafts: Modern Decoration), Paris, 1930, vol. 1, textiles, no. 10, pl. 97 for the preparatory colour gouache.
- S. Day, "Rob Mallet-Stevens, architecte", Paris, 1980, p.280, similar model from the Myrbor edition installed in Robert Mallet Stevens' living room in Paris.
- D. Paulvé, "Marie Cuttoli, Myrbor et l'invention de la tapisserie moderne" (Marie Cuttoli, Myrbor and the invention of modern tapestry), Paris, Éditions Norma, 2010, p. 44, similar model from the Myrbor edition installed in Paul du Bousquet's office decorated by Pierre Barbe, circa 1927

Estimate
20 000 / 30 000 €
Result (Buyer’s fees and taxes included)
55 831 €