China Town 1943

Fernand LÉger (1881-1955, French)

China Town 1943

oil on canvas
91.5 x 74.0 cm
signed and dated lower right: 43/ F. LEGER
signed, dated and inscribed verso: CHINA- TOWN/ F. LEGER- 43

Provenance:
Galerie Louis Carré, Paris
Sotheby & Co., London, 24 April 1963, lot 77
Frances Coles collection, New York
Sotheby's, New York, 6 May 2015, lot 320
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
Exhibition of Paintings by Fernand Léger, Institute of Design, Chicago; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, 1944 (illus. exhibition catalogue)
New Paintings, Valentine Gallery, New York, 1944, no.9
F. Léger: Oeuvres d'Amérique 1940-1945, Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, 1946, no.18
UNESCO: Exposition International d'art Modern, Musée National d'art Moderne, Paris, 1946, no.75

Reference:
Bauquier, G., Fernand Léger: Catalogue Raisonné 1938-1943, Maeght Editeur, Paris, 1998, no.1131 (illus. p.247)

Related Works:
Les Plongeurs en Rouge et Bleu 1943, oil on canvas, 74.0 x 91.0 cm, sold Sotheby's, New York, 6 May 2015, lot 147, estimate US$1,200,000-1,800,000, hammer US$2,050,000 (including buyer's premium)
Composition aux Deux Papillons 1943, oil on canvas, 73.0 x 91.0 cm, sold Christie's, London, 7 February 2012, lot 27, estimate £1,400,000-1,800,000, hammer £2,505,250 (including buyer's premium)
Les Plongeurs (The Divers) 1941-42, oil on canvas, 228.5 x 172.5 cm, Museum of Modern Art collection, New York, Mrs Simon Guggenheim Fund

Estimate: $1300000 - 1600000

Result Hammer: $1800000