Fernand Léger (1881-1955), Contraste de formes

Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
Contraste de formes
signed and dated 'F. LÉGER (1913)' (on the reverse)
oil on burlap
36 3/8 x 28 7/8 in. (92.4 x 73.2 cm.)
Painted in 1913

Provenance
Galerie Kahnweiler, Paris.
Galerie Simon (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris (acquired from the above).
J.B. Neumann, Berlin.
Klaus Gebhard, Elberfeld (circa 1920).
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne (acquired from the above, 1954).
Hans Arnhold, New York (acquired from the above, 1956).
By descent from the above to the present owner.

Pre-Lot Text
Property from the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation

Literature
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, 1903-1919, Paris, 1990, p. 92, no. 50 (illustrated in color, p. 93).
D. Kosinski, ed., Fernand Léger, 1911-1924: The Rhythm of Modern Life, exh. cat., Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, 1994 (illustrated, p. 18, fig. 1).

Exhibited
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Reimagining Modernism: 1900-1950, summer 2014.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014-2017 (on extended loan).