La charmeuse d'oiseaux

Details

Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
La charmeuse d'oiseaux
titled 'la charmeuse d'oiseaux' (lower center)
gouache, brush and black ink over pencil on paper laid down on card
4 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (10.5 x 8 cm.)

Provenance

Wallace K. Harrison, New York (acquired from the artist).
Gift from the above to the late owners, December 1969.

Literature

M. Potter et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: European Works of Art, New York, 1984, vol. I, p. 292, no. 117 (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

"This tiny Léger gouache is a study for a larger painting which was done for my brother Nelson. The study belonged to Wallace K. Harrison and was given to us one year at Christmas. Harrison was a very good friend of Léger's and had a number of his paintings, many of which had been given to him by the artist." —David Rockefeller

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