ÉTUDE POUR "LA GRANDE PARADE", Fernand Léger

1881 - 1955

Signed F. Leger, dated 24 Août 48 and dedicated Vive la Sainte Jeanne! Affectueusement ton père normand (lower right)
Gouache, watercolor, brush and ink and pencil on paper laid down on card
12 1/2 by 19 5/8 in.
32.5 by 49.9 cm
Executed on August 24, 1948.

Provenance:
(Probably) Jeanne-Augustine Lohy, Paris (the wife of the artist)
Private Collection, Florida (and sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 17, 1990, lot 198)
Private Collection, Switzerland (acquired at the above sale)
Sale: Christie's, New York, November 7, 2007, lot 212
Howard Russeck Fine Art, Palm Beach (acquired at the above sale)