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FERNAND LÉGER Fêtes de la faim.
Gouache and watercolor on white wove paper, 1948. 330x245 mm; 12 7/8x9 3/4 inches. Initialed and dated in gouache, lower right recto. Signed and annotated by the publisher Louis Grosclaude, Lausanne, in pencil and with the black ink stamp, verso.
A gouache design for Les Illuminations, 1949 (see Saphire 29). Saphire notes, "Many gouaches on themes found in Les Illuminations were done during and after the work on the book."
Provenance: Galerie Romanet Rive-Gauche, Paris with the labels on the frame back; private collection, New York.
