Coquillage rouge

Details

Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
Coquillage rouge
signed with the initials and dated 'F.L. 28' (lower right); signed, dated and inscribed 'Coquillage rouge 1928 F. Leger' (on the reverse)
oil on board
15 x 21 ¼ in. (38 x 54 cm.)
Painted in 1928

Provenance

Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 25 February 1970, lot 67.
Private collection, Milan, and thence by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

'I organise the opposition of contrasting values, lines and curves. I oppose curves to straight lines, flat surfaces to moulded forms, pure local colours to nuances of grey. These initial plastic forms are either superimposed on objective elements or not, it makes no difference to me. There is only a question of variety.'
(F. Léger, in 1923, quoted in E.F. Fry, ed., Functions of Painting, London, 1973, p. 25.)

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