Composition aux dix boules

Details

Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
Composition aux dix boules
signed and dated 'F.LEGER 34' (lower right); signed again, dated and inscribed 'Composition aux 10 boules F.LEGER.34' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
25¾ x 21¼ in. (65.3 x 53.8 cm.)
Painted in 1934

Provenance

The artist's studio (no. 41).
Private collection, London, by whom acquired directly from the above in June 1953, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Literature

G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, 1932-1937, Paris, 1996, no. 841 (illustrated p. 93).

Exhibited

Eastbourne, The Towner Art Gallery, The Margulies Collection, 1960 - 1961, no. 49; this exhibition later travelled to Southampton, Southampton Art Gallery, Cardiff, The National Museum of Wales, Aberdeen, The Art Gallery, Kelvingrove, Glasgow, The Art Gallery & Museum, Kingston upon Hull, Ferens Art Gallery, Birmingham, City Museum & Art Gallery and Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery.

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