Lot Essay
The present work was based on the 1940-1942 painting Composition (Bauquier, no. 1077).
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Property from the Collection of Max Palevsky
After a design by Fernand Leger (1881-1955)
Composition monumental
Details
After a design by Fernand Leger (1881-1955)
Composition monumental
with signature 'F. LEGER' and monogram of the Cavalaire Durrbach atelier (in the weave lower left)
hand-woven Aubusson wool tapestry
92 5/8 x 77 1/8 in. (235 x 196 cm.)
Executed by 1967
Composition monumental
with signature 'F. LEGER' and monogram of the Cavalaire Durrbach atelier (in the weave lower left)
hand-woven Aubusson wool tapestry
92 5/8 x 77 1/8 in. (235 x 196 cm.)
Executed by 1967
Provenance
Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York (by 1967); Estate sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, 11 December 1980, lot 118.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
N.A. Rockefeller, "The Governor Lectures on Art," The New York Times Magazine, 9 April 1967, p. 28.
"A Loan from Albany," The New York Sunday News, 25 June 1967, p. 30 (illustrated in color).
N.A. Rockefeller, "Reflections on Art and Politics," Famous Artists Magazine, vol. 16, no. 1, Fall 1967, pp. 14 and 34.
"A Loan from Albany," The New York Sunday News, 25 June 1967, p. 30 (illustrated in color).
N.A. Rockefeller, "Reflections on Art and Politics," Famous Artists Magazine, vol. 16, no. 1, Fall 1967, pp. 14 and 34.
Exhibited
New York, New School Art Center, Governor Rockefeller's Collection from the Albany Mansion, 1967, p. 39, no. 57 (illustrated).
State University of New York at Albany, The Art Gallery, Paintings and Sculpture from the Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection, 1967 (illustrated).
State University of New York at Albany, The Art Gallery, Paintings and Sculpture from the Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection, 1967 (illustrated).
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