Important Paintings, Sculptures, Watercolors, Drawings, Prints and African Art
Tuesday, 08 June 2004, 07:00 pm
Lot 39
Fernand Léger, 1881-1955 (FR)
Etude pour le Portrait de Mme Chester Dale, 1940
Pencil drawing.
H 220 mm W 147 mm.
(Frame).
| * | CHF | 28'000 / 32'000 |
| * | EUR | 24'000 / 28'000 |
| * | USD | 30'000 / 34'000 |
Annotation:
Provenance: Galerie Robert Prouté, Paris;
Sotheby's London, 21. October 1998. Lot . 318.
Annotation: The present drawing is one of 33 studies for the portrait in oil of Maud Chester Dale, which is in possession of the National Gallery, Washington, (see. Georges Bauquier, Fernand Leger, Vivre dans le vrai. Paris, 1987. Page 44. Some studies are quoted and illustrated on pages 242-244 ).