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Property of a Private New York Collector

Fernand Léger

L'Anniversaire

Session begins in

November 21, 03:30 PM GMT

Estimate

2,500,000 - 3,500,000 USD

Bid

1,800,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of a Private New York Collector

Fernand Léger

1881 - 1955


L'Anniversaire

signed F. Leger and dated 53 (lower right); signed F. Leger., titled and dated 53 (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

36 by 25 ½ in.

91.4 by 64.8 cm.

Executed in 1953.

Galerie Louis Carré et Cie., Paris

Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm

Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1956)

Private Collection (acquired by descent from the above)

Sotheby's, New York, 8 May 2002, lot 50 (consigned by the above)

Max Palevsky, Chicago (acquired at the above sale)

Christie’s, New York, 3 November 2010, lot 43 (consigned by the estate of the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Fernand Léger 1881-1955, 1964, no. 93

Georges Bauquier, Irus Hansma and Claude Lefebvre du Preÿ, Fernand Léger, Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint, 1952-1953, Paris, 2013, no. 1540, p. 136, illustrated in color