Lot Essay
A closely related version of Composition à l'Aloès was owned by Pablo Picasso and now resides in the Picasso museum in Antibes.
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Composition à l'Aloès
Details
Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
Composition à l'Aloès
signed and dated 'F.LEGER 34-35' (lower right)
oil on board
15 x 21 1/2 in. (38 x 54.5 cm.)
Painted in 1934-1935
Composition à l'Aloès
signed and dated 'F.LEGER 34-35' (lower right)
oil on board
15 x 21 1/2 in. (38 x 54.5 cm.)
Painted in 1934-1935
Provenance
Galerie Blanche, Stockholm.
Pierre Lundholm, Stockholm, by 1954.
Belenius collection, Brussels.
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (no. 17485).
Private collection, France, by whom acquired from the above.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2014.
Pierre Lundholm, Stockholm, by 1954.
Belenius collection, Brussels.
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (no. 17485).
Private collection, France, by whom acquired from the above.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2014.
Literature
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, vol. V, 1932-1937, Paris, 1996, no. 858, p. 116 (illustrated p. 117).
Exhibited
Stockholm, Galerie Blanche, Fransk Konst, February 1950, no. 39, p. 7.
Stockholm, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Cézanne till Picasso, September 1954, no. 202, p. 81.
Stockholm, Galerie Blanche, Fernand Léger, August - September 1955, no. 8.
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Fernand Léger, October - November 1964, no. 52.
Helsinki, Ateneum, Léger och Norden, August - October 1992, no. 69, p. 208 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Stockholm, Moderna Museet, October 1992 - January 1993. Høvikodden, Henie Onstad Art Centre, January - March 1993, Copenhagen, Statens Museum for Kunst, April - June 1993.
Stockholm, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Cézanne till Picasso, September 1954, no. 202, p. 81.
Stockholm, Galerie Blanche, Fernand Léger, August - September 1955, no. 8.
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Fernand Léger, October - November 1964, no. 52.
Helsinki, Ateneum, Léger och Norden, August - October 1992, no. 69, p. 208 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Stockholm, Moderna Museet, October 1992 - January 1993. Høvikodden, Henie Onstad Art Centre, January - March 1993, Copenhagen, Statens Museum for Kunst, April - June 1993.
Special Notice
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