E&R Cyzer catalogue 2017 - Flipbook - Page 108
After a design by Fernand Léger
Femme nue sur fond rouge
Circa 1970s
Mosaic panel, hand-cropped Venetian glass and Bianco Carrara marble
59 x 39¾ inches / 150 x 101 cm
With signature lower right: F. LEGER
Conceived in 1927; this unique work was executed circa 1970s by Heidi Melano
Provenance
The estate of Heidi Melano, and thence by descent
This panel is based on Fernand Léger’s 1927 painting of the same title which is in the permanent collection
of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Park, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA and is accompanied
by a certificate of authenticity kindly issued by Heidi Melano
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