Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
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Fernand Léger (1881-1955)

La grappe de raisin

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Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
La grappe de raisin
signed and dated 'F. Leger.32' (lower right); signed again, titled and dated 'La grappe de raisin F Leger 32' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
23¾ x 36¼ in. (60 x 92 cm.)
Painted in 1932
Provenance
The artist's studio (no. 24b).
Mme Nadia Léger.
Louis Carré, Paris (no. D. 297).
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (no. 07082).
Perls Galleries, New York.
David Bonnier, Stockholm.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
M. Jardot, Fernand Léger, Paris, 1956 (illustrated pl. 9).
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger: catalogue raisonné, 1932-1937, vol. V, Paris, 1996, no. 797, p. 16 (illustrated p. 17).
Exhibited
Stockholm, Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Retrospectiv Utställning Fernand Léger, May - June 1948, no. 21.
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Exposition F. Léger, June - October 1956, no. 81 (illustrated p. 233); this exhibition later travelled to Munich, Haus der Kunst, March - May 1957, no. 69.
Copenhagen, Charlottenborg, Fernand Léger, Malerier, tegninger og grafik, 1959, no. 69 (illustrated).
Stockholm, Svensk-Franska Kunstgalleriet, Fernand Léger, March 1961, no. 2).
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Fernand Léger 1881-1955, October - November 1964, no. 47.
London, Gimpel Fils, Fernand Léger, June - August 1965, no. 18 (illustrated).
Colmar, Musée d'Unterlinden, Fernand Léger 1881-1955, June-September 1966, no. 7.
Chicago, International Galleries, Retrospective Exhibition 1909-1955 , November - December 1966, no. 31 (illustrated p. 38).
Paris, Grand Palais, Fernand Léger, October 1971 - January 1972, no. 119 (illustrated p. 90).
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Please note that this work is signed, titled and dated 'La grappe de raisin F Leger 32' (on the reverse).

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