Fernand Léger - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session New York Wednesday, May 16, 2018 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    The Artist
    Georges Bauquier, Biot
    Simone Bauquier, Biot
    Camard & Associés, Paris, June 9, 2010, lot 102
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Paris, Galerie Louis Carré & Cie, Fernand Léger. 24 sculptures polychromes, January 16 - February 28, 1953, no. 18

104

Visage en creux (rouge et vert)

signed with the artist's initials and dated "F.L. 52" lower right; further signed, titled, inscribed and dated "F. LÉGER 52 (No. 12) visage en creux (rouge et vert)" on the reverse
painted and glazed ceramic
17 x 14 in. (43.2 x 35.6 cm.)
Executed in 1952, this work is unique.

Estimate
$30,000 - 40,000 

Sold for $32,500

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 16 May 2018