Important Christmas Fine Art Auction: Haute Epoque, Jewels and Colonial Treasures
Lote 290:
Signed in the lower right corner, measurements only work: 28 x 22, measurements with frame 33 x 40 cm. Fernand Léger (February 4, 1881 – August 17, 1955) was a prominent French Cubist painter of the first half of the 20th century. The main collection of his works can be seen in the Fernand-Léger National Museum, located in Biot, in the Alpes-Maritimes, a French State museum inaugurated in 1960. Fernand Léger’s painting was characterized by the confluence with architectural aspects, with special importance to the relationships between figures, lines and colors. Furthermore, his preference for mural painting allowed him to introduce other factors into his works. Bibliography: MORENO MORENO, María Pura. “Fernand Léger: Wall-architect-painter. Academic Texts, no. 11, 2019. Unreserved lot, ex-Hungarian – Israeli private collection, liquidation of important inheritance – legacy.
