Fernand Léger, Modernity Mingles with Tradition

Published on 21 April 2023, by Sophie Reyssat

Auction on 09 June 2023 - 14:30 (CEST) - Salle 9 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

Léger found his way by inventing iconography based on a trilogy of forms, solid colors and black outlines, creating distinct, instantly identifiable compositions.

Fernand Léger (1881–1955), Yellow Vase in a Landscape, 1948, oil on canvas signed... Fernand Léger, Modernity Mingles with Tradition

Fernand Léger (1881–1955), Yellow Vase in a Landscape, 1948, oil on canvas signed and dated "48", resigned, redated and titled, 46 x 38 cm/18.11 x 14.96 in.
Estimate: €350,000/450,000

Lise Beaudin-Daniel was the first owner of this 1948 painting of a vase by Fernand Léger , which went under the hammer of Beaussant Lefèvre & Associés in 2015. A painter who signed her works Lise Daniel, she acquired it directly from his studio, having in all likelihood met Léger through her parents, the artists André Beaudin and Suzanne Roger,…

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