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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 14, 2023 | Sotheby's | New York | Modern Evening Auction | 37 | $****** - ****** | La Feuille jaune (La Toupie) | |||
Mar 28, 1992 | Finarte Casa d'Aste | Chiasso | Modern & Contemporary Art | 86 | Estimates not disclosed | Composition a la feuille jaune |
paintings
60.3 x 92.1 cm (23.75 x 36.25 in)
oil on canvas
signed F. LEGER. and dated 30 (lower right); signed F.LÉGER ., dated 30 and titled Composition à la feuille jaune (on the reverse)
Perls Galleries, New York (acquired by 1952)
Davlyn Gallery, New York (acquired by 1974)
Galerie Tarica, Paris
Finarte, Lugano, 28 March 1992, Lot 86
Finarte, Milan, 12 Dec 2000, lot 27
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
New York, Perls Galleries, Fernand Léger , 1952, no. 13, illustrated (titled Composition à la feuille jaune )
New York, Perls Galleries, The Perls Galleries Collections of Modern French Paintings , 1952, no. 77 (titled La Feuille jaune )
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, New Children"s Holiday Carnival of Modern Art , 1952-53, n.n.
New York, Perls Galleries, The Perls Galleries Collections of Modern French Paintings , 1953, no. 74 (titled La Feuille Jaune )
New York, Perls Galleries, The Perls Galleries Collection of Modern French Paintings , 1954, no. 100 (titled La Feuille Jaune )
New York, Perls Galleries, Fernand Léger , 1955, no. 12 (titled La Feuille Jaune )
New York, Perls Galleries, The Perls Galleries Collection of Modern French Paintings , 1955, no. 108 (titled La Feuille Jaune )
New York, Perls Galleries, The Perls Galleries Collection of Modern French Paintings , 1956, no. 116 (titled La Feuille Jaune )
London, Gimpel Fils, Fernand Léger , 1965, no. 14, illustrated
New York, Perls Galleries, Fernand Léger, Oil Paintings , 1968, no. 13, illustrated
Geneva, Galerie Motte, F. Léger , 1974, no. 7, pp. 12-13, illustrated in color (titled La Toupie ou Composition à la feuille jaune )
Rodez, Musée Soulages, Fernand Léger, la vie à bras-le-corps , 2022, p. 129, illustrated in color (titled Composition à la feuille jaune )
Georges Bauquier, Fernand Léger, catalogue raisonné de l"oeuvre peint, 1929-1931 , Paris, 1995, no. 705, p. 170, illustrated in color
"For Children: Toy Carnival Opens at Museum," The New York Times , vol. CII, no. 34,655, 11 December 1952, p. 42
Fernand Léger
1881 - 1955
La Feuille jaune (La Toupie)
signed F. LEGER. and dated 30 (lower right); signed F.LÉGER ., dated 30 and titled Composition à la feuille jaune (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
23 ¾ by 36 ¼ in. 60 by 92 cm.
Executed in 1930.
