FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
Les deux acrobates
signed ‘F LÉGER’ (lower right); signed again, dated and titled ‘LES ACROBATES F LÉGER 1918’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
35 1⁄8 x 22 7⁄8 in. (89.3 x 58.3 cm.)
Painted in 1918
Provenance
Galerie de l'Effort Moderne (Léonce Rosenberg), Paris (acquired from the artist, 11 October 1918).
Galerie Paul Rosenberg, Paris and Tours (by 1927).
Confiscated from the above following the Nazi occupation of France (May 1940).
Restituted to Paul Rosenberg, New York (after 1945, until at least 1954).
E.V. Thaw & Co., New York.
Heinz Berggruen, Paris.
Norman and Grete Granz, Geneva (acquired from the above, by 1970); sale, Christie’s, New York, 6 November 2002, lot 41.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
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FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
Les deux acrobates
signed ‘F LÉGER’ (lower right); signed again, dated and titled ‘LES ACROBATES F LÉGER 1918’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
35 1⁄8 x 22 7⁄8 in. (89.3 x 58.3 cm.)
Painted in 1918
Provenance
Galerie de l'Effort Moderne (Léonce Rosenberg), Paris (acquired from the artist, 11 October 1918).
Galerie Paul Rosenberg, Paris and Tours (by 1927).
Confiscated from the above following the Nazi occupation of France (May 1940).
Restituted to Paul Rosenberg, New York (after 1945, until at least 1954).
E.V. Thaw & Co., New York.
Heinz Berggruen, Paris.
Norman and Grete Granz, Geneva (acquired from the above, by 1970); sale, Christie’s, New York, 6 November 2002, lot 41.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
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