FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)

FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
La Gare
signed and dated 'F.LEGER. 18' (lower right); signed and dated again and titled 'LA GARE -18- F.LEGER' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 32 in. (65 x 81.2 cm.)
Painted in 1918

Provenance
Galerie de l'Effort Moderne (Léonce Rosenberg), Paris (acquired from the artist, 17 January 1919).
Pierre Faure, Paris (by 1933).
Rose Valland, Paris (probably on behalf of the above, by May 1939).
Galerie Louis Carré, Paris (acquired from the above, 31 May 1944).
Nadia Léger, Paris (by 1955).
Galerie Louise Leiris (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris (acquired from the above, 1966).
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired from the above, 6 June 1968).
Private collection, United Kingdom (acquired from the above, 13 February 1974); sale, Sotheby's, New York, 8 May 2007, lot 33.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.