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Fernand Léger
(French, 1881-1955)
Le Bonheur, 1954
Gouache on paper
251⁄2 x 193⁄4 inches/64 x 50 cm
Signed with the artist’s initials lower right: F.L.
Inscribed on the reverse with an authentication by Nadia Léger:
Cette gouache est une oeuvre authentique de Fernand Léger, Nadia Léger
Provenance
Estate of the Artist, Nadia Léger, Paris
Private Collection, Paris (a gift from the above)
Christie’s, New York, May 1979
Private Collection, Kentucky (acquired at the above sale)
Richard Gray Gallery, New York
This painting is accompanied by a letter of authentication, dated 5 September 1979 and
signed by G. Bauquier, Director of the Musée National Fernand Léger, Biot,
indicating that this work is a study for the oil entitled Le Partie de campagne, 1954
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