Lot #973: FERNAND LEGER - Femme a la fleur - Watercolor, gouache, and ink drawing on paper

 

Artist: Fernand Leger (French, 1881 - 1955).
Title: "Femme a la fleur".
Medium: Watercolor, gouache, and ink drawing on paper.
Date: Composed 1951.
Dimensions: Overall size: 11 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. (286 x 286 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $12,000
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $18,000/20,000
Lot Note(s): Signed and dated, lower right. Painted on cream wove paper. Very good to fine condition. Provenance: Ex-collection Hananiah Harari.
Comment(s): Our example offered here is probably the final drawing for the lithograph titled “La femme et la fleur” (1954). A similar but not identical composition in a larger format titled “Femme a la fleur (Femme bleue et la plante verte)” was sold at Stockholm Auktionsverk, Stockholm, April 28/29, 2014, lot #928. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [29930-3-12000-NA]