39
After Fernand Léger
La Ville (The City) (S. pp. 238-239, 286-287)
- Estimate
- $5,000 - 7,000
$4,826
Lot Details
The complete set of 29 lithographs in colors, on Arches paper, with full margins, with title page, table of contents and justification, all loose (as issued), all contained in the original beige linen-covered portfolio with stenciled title.
1959
all I. various sizes
all S. 25 7/8 x 19 3/4 in. (65.7 x 50.2 cm) (six horizontal)
portfolio 27 1/2 x 21 1/8 x 1 1/4 in. (69.9 x 53.7 x 3.2 cm)
all S. 25 7/8 x 19 3/4 in. (65.7 x 50.2 cm) (six horizontal)
portfolio 27 1/2 x 21 1/8 x 1 1/4 in. (69.9 x 53.7 x 3.2 cm)
All stamp-signed and numbered 54/180 in pencil (there were also 20 hors commerce in Roman numerals), published by Tériade, Paris, printed in France.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
La Ville (The City) consists of 29 lithographs featuring scenes of people, life and emotions of Paris. The artist had started the project in 1954 but unfortunately passed away in the summer of 1955. His wife, along with Fernand Mourlot and the publisher Teriade, assembled the rest of Leger's studies and finished plates to complete the project and it was eventually printed and released in 1959, four years after his death.
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