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Fernand Léger<br />

(1881 - 1955)<br />

Fantaisie sur fond rouge, 1943<br />

Signed and dated ‘F.Leger 54’ (lower right corner); countersigned, titled<br />

and dated ‘Fantaisie sur fond rouge F.Leger 43’ (on the reverse)<br />

Oil on canvas board<br />

61 x 50 cm - 24 x 19.7 in.<br />

Provenance<br />

Perls Galleries, New York<br />

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Berny Schulman, Glencoe, Illinois<br />

Sale: Sotheby’s New York, Oct. 23, 1980, lot 265<br />

Private collection<br />

Sale: Sotheby’s New York, May 16, 1990, 101 438<br />

Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York<br />

Private collection, New York<br />

Exhibited<br />

New York, Perls Galleries, Modern French Painting, 1952, No. 82<br />

Literature<br />

Georges Bauquier, Fernand Léger: Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint,<br />

Paris, 1998, vol. 6, p. 270, No. 1144, ill. in colour p. 271<br />

Certificate<br />

Georges Bauquier, director of Musée National Fernand Léger has<br />

confirmed the authenticity of this work

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