$800,000
(French, 1881-1955) Deux femmes tenant des fleurs, 1954 oil on canvas signed F. Leger and dated (lower right); signed, titled and dated (verso) 21 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches. Provenance: Mr. Jacques Arnold Croquez, Paris Private Collection R.S. Johnson International Galleries, Chicago Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1968 Exhibited: Chicago, R.S. Johnson International Galleries, Fernand L�ger, Retrospective Exhibition, 1881-1955, November-December, 1966, No. 58, illustrated p. 57 Literature: Hansma, Irus and Claude Lefebvre du Pre�, FERNAND LEGER Catalogue Raisonn� de l'Oeuvre Peint et Suppl�ment, Tome X: 1954-1955, No. 1627, illustrated p. 65 This painting is a complete first study for the larger and final version at the Tate Modern in London.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2016-09-30
