When Léger Went Back to his Roots

Published on 30 January 2020, by Philippe Dufour

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

The painter of the modern world was inspired by nature in this 1939 work, which attests to a particular period when he returned to the great pictorial tradition.

Fernand Léger (1881-1955), Nature morte aux trois fruits (Still life with three fruits),... When Léger Went Back to his Roots

Fernand Léger (1881-1955), Nature morte aux trois fruits (Still life with three fruits), 1939, oil on canvas, signed "F. LEGER", dated "39" in the lower right-hand corner, countersigned "F. LEGER", titled and dated "39" on the back, 65 x 92 cm.
Estimate €600,000/800,000

Fernand Léger’s Nature morte ( Still Life ) features three odd-looking fruits with stems and complex outgrowths lying on a green table. In the late 1930s, he often powerfully combined primary colours and vegetal elements with objects from everyday life. These were recurring motifs in his work, which composed a…

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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

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