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FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
Femme portant une statuette
signed and dated 'F. LÉGER 25' (lower right); signed and dated again and titled 'F. LEGER 25 Femme portant une statuette' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
25 1/2 x 19 3/4 in. (64.8 x 50.4 cm.)
Painted in 1925
Provenance
Galerie de l'Effort Moderne (Léonce Rosenberg), Paris (acquired from the artist).
Yvonne Zervos, Paris (acquired from the above).
Perls Galleries, New York (acquired from the above, June 1952).
Elizabeth B. Blake, Dallas (probably acquired from the above, by 1957, until at least 1969).
Janie C. Lee Gallery, Dallas and Houston (possibly acquired from the above, 1977).
Katherine Kaim Kitchen, Houston (acquired from the above, by 1978); sale, Christie's, New York, 16 November 2016, lot 6B.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Literature
C. Zervos, "Fernand Léger: Œuvres de 1905 à 1952" in Cahiers d'Art, 1952, p. 23 (illustrated in color).
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, 1925-1928, Paris, 1993, vol. III, p. 78, no. 435 (illustrated in color, p. 79; illustrated in color again on the cover).
Exhibited
New York, Perls Galleries, Fernand Léger October-November 1952, no. 7 (illustrated).
Houston, Institute for the Arts, Rice University, Léger: Our Contemporary, April-June 1978, p. 29, no. 13 (illustrated).
Houston, The Menil Collection, Byzantine Things in the World, May-August 2013.
Houston, The Menil Collection (on extended loan, 2004-2016).