DESSIN POUR "CONTRASTES DE FORMES NO. 2", Fernand Léger
1881 - 1955
Signed with the initials F. L. (lower left); titled Dessin pour constrastes de formes (no. 2) (lower right); inscribed H (upper left); inscribed H (upper right)
Gouache and brush and ink on paper
19 1/4 by 25 1/2 in.
49 by 64.9 cm
Executed in 1913-14.
Provenance:
Galerie Kahnweiler (Daniel Henry Kahnweiler), Paris (inv. 1518; probably acquired from the artist by August 1914; sequestered on December 12th, 1914 and sold: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 7, 1923, no. 69 (comprised of 39 works on paper))
(probably) Galerie de l'Effort Moderne (Léonce Rosenberg), Paris (acquired at the above sale)
Saidenberg Gallery, New York (acquired by 1968)
Private Collection, United States (acquired from the above by 1974)
Thence by descent
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1881 - 1955
Signed with the initials F. L. (lower left); titled Dessin pour constrastes de formes (no. 2) (lower right); inscribed H (upper left); inscribed H (upper right)
Gouache and brush and ink on paper
19 1/4 by 25 1/2 in.
49 by 64.9 cm
Executed in 1913-14.
Provenance:
Galerie Kahnweiler (Daniel Henry Kahnweiler), Paris (inv. 1518; probably acquired from the artist by August 1914; sequestered on December 12th, 1914 and sold: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 7, 1923, no. 69 (comprised of 39 works on paper))
(probably) Galerie de l'Effort Moderne (Léonce Rosenberg), Paris (acquired at the above sale)
Saidenberg Gallery, New York (acquired by 1968)
Private Collection, United States (acquired from the above by 1974)
Thence by descent