The Geri Brawerman Collection: A Tribute to Los Angeles and A Legacy of Giving
After Fernand Léger
Les Femmes au perroquet sur fond rouge
Session begins in
November 21, 03:30 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
Bid
42,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
The Geri Brawerman Collection: A Tribute to Los Angeles and A Legacy of Giving
After Fernand Léger
1881 - 1955
Les Femmes au perroquet sur fond rouge
inscribed F. Leger, numbered I/VIII and stamped with the foundry mark Fonderia Tesconi (lower right)
painted bronze
32 ⅜ by 47 ¾ by 4 ¾ in.
82.2 by 121 by 12.1 cm.
Conceived circa 1951.
Musée national Fernand Léger, Biot
Ida Kimche Art Gallery, New York, Tel Aviv and Zurich
Eugene V. Klein, Rancho Santa Fe, California (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the estate of the above in 1991 by the present owner
Dominique Haim Chanin, Léger selon Léger: mosaïques et céramiques monumentales, Paris, 1997, p. 8, illustration in color of the ceramic version
Exh. Cat., Biot, Musée national Fernand Léger, Reconnaître, Fernand Léger, la céramique, 2000, no. 34, p. 56, illustration in color of the ceramic version on the cover (detail)
Yvonne Brunhammer, Fernand Léger: The Monumental Art, Milan, 2005, no. 166, p. 159, illustration in color of the larger bronze version
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