
Property of a Private New York Collector
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
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