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429
Fernand Léger
Projet de costume: Création du Monde, 1923.
Watercolor and ink over pencil on ruled paper
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 11,300
Sold:
€ 20,320 / $ 22,961

(incl. surcharge)
Projet de costume: Création du Monde. 1923.
Watercolor and ink over pencil on ruled paper.
Lower right monogrammed. Inscribed with the estate number "N°G. 386-1" and titled on the reverse by a hand other than that of the artist. 22 x 17 cm (8.6 x 6.6 in).
[AR].
• Bird of paradise in Léger's characteristic style.
• Costume design for the ballet "La Création du Monde".
• 100 years ago, on October 25, 1923, the piece premiered at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées
.

With an authentication issued by the Comité Léger, Paris. The work will be included into the online catalogue raisonné of works on paper aufgenommen.

PROVENANCE: Nadia Léger (artist's wife), Paris.
Pierre Cardin, Paris.
Private collection Portugal.
Corporate Collection Ahlers AG, Herford.

EXHIBITION: Espace Cardin, Paris, 1970.

LITERATURE: Tajan, Paris, auction 9726, Dessins Modernes, May 3, 2012, lot 258.




429
Fernand Léger
Projet de costume: Création du Monde, 1923.
Watercolor and ink over pencil on ruled paper
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 11,300
Sold:
€ 20,320 / $ 22,961

(incl. surcharge)

 


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