NATURE MORTE À LA PIPE SUR FOND ORANGE, Fernand Léger

1881 - 1955

Signed F. Léger and dated 28 (lower right); signed F. Leger, inscribed Nature morte definitif and dated 28 (on the reverse)
Oil on canvas
36 1/4 by 25 1/2 in.
92 by 64.8 cm
Painted in 1928.

Provenance:
Paul Rosenberg (acquired from the artist, likely by 1929)

Richard Davis, New York (and sold: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, April 13, 1944, lot 87)

Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York (acquired at the above sale)

The artist, France (acquired by 1955)

Nadia Léger, France (by descent from the above in 1955)

Musée national Fernand Léger, Biot (acquired from the above by 1964)

Private Collection (acquired by 1971)

Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (acquired by 1980)

Wally Findlay Gallery, New York

Private Collection, Switzerland (and sold: Sotheby's, London, December 4, 1984, lot 49)

Acquired at the above sale