Fernand Léger (1881-1955), Les deux amoureux, 1er état

Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
Les deux amoureux, 1er état
signed and dated ‘F. LEGER 52’ (lower right); signed, dated and inscribed ‘F. LEGER 52 Les 2 Amoureux 1er ETAT’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 20 in. (65.2 x 50.5 cm.)
Painted in 1952

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Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 5 December 1979, lot 77.
Samuels collection, Liverpool.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 6 December 1983, lot 61.
Perls Galleries, New York (no. 13417), by whom acquired at the above sale.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 11 November 1988, lot 63.
Private collection, United States.

Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION

Literature
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, vol. IX, 1952-1953, Paris, 2013, no. 1512, p. 90 (illustrated p. 91).