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

Menzies, Melbourne, 25 June 2015, lot 40

Company collection, Victoria

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 Internationale d'Art Moderne, 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

Composition aux Deux Papillons 1943, oil on canvas, 73.0 x 91.0 cm, sold Christie's, London, 7 February 2012, lot 27

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: $1400000 - 1800000

Result Hammer: $1500000