Ohne Titel (Composition). Ca. 1935 /36.
Gouache and India ink drawing.
Verso verified by Madame Léger: "uvre authentique de Fernand Leger N. Leger 13/VI 1956". On firm laid paper. Sheet: 15.2 x 14.3 cm (5.9 x 5.6 in).
Draft for "Composition à l'aloës". A series of five works with this title was made between 1933 and 1937. One work from this series is at the Guggenheim Museum, New York.
Accompanied by a photo expertise issued by Madame Irus Hansma, Muri, from September 24, 2018. The work will be included into the forthcoming catalog raisonné of works on paper.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany.
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] In general, pure colors and geometrical figures alone no longer suffice for common panel painting. Abstraction requires large surfaces, walls, that's where architecture and rhythm can be found. That's what I call >Architectony