Fernand Léger

ÉLÉMENT MÉCANIQUE SUR FOND JAUNE (CONSTRUCTION MÉTALLIQUE)

1881 - 1955

Signed F. LEGER and dated 50 (lower right); titled ÉLEMENT MECANIQUE SUR FOND JAUNE, signed F. LEGER. and dated 50 (on the reverse)
Oil on canvas
36 1/8 by 28 7/8 in.
91.7 by 73.3 cm
Painted in 1950.

Provenance:
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York

The Menil Foundation, Houston (acquired in 1960 and sold: Christie?s, New York, May 12, 1993, lot 41)

Raymond Nasher, Dallas (acquired at the above sale)

Private Collection (acquired from the above)

Acquired from the above by the present owner