Fernand Léger/Frank Elgar: Resonances

Published on 25 June 2020, by Claire Papon

Auction on 02 July 2020 - 15:00 (CEST) - Salle 6 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

This 1958 bronze by Marie-Thérèse Pinto and another, Astral colloquium, from 1962 (€300/500), close the sale of this collection.

Fernand Léger (1881-1955), Portrait de Marguerite Lesbats (Portrait of Marguerite... Fernand Léger/Frank Elgar: Resonances

Fernand Léger (1881-1955), Portrait de Marguerite Lesbats (Portrait of Marguerite Lesbats), 1949, oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm.
Estimate: €200,000/300,000

Born in Chile, Marie-Thérèse Pinto studied sculpture in Italy and above all in Paris; under Constantin Brancusi and then Henri Laurens. During the Second World War, she explored pre-Columbian art in Mexico. On her return to Paris in 1950…

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COLLECTION OF ART CRITIC FRANK ELGAR, FERNAND LEGER

Thursday 02 July 2020 - 15:00 (CEST) - Live

Salle 6 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009 Paris

Tessier & Sarrou et Associés

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