Sep 21, 2010 - Sale 2222

Sale 2222 - Lot 412

Unsold
Estimate: $ 18,000 - $ 22,000
FERNAND LÉGER
Cirque: Âne acrobate.

Gouache over pencil on cream wove paper, circa 1950. 270x210 mm; 10 5/8x8 1/4 inches. Ex-collection Tériade, Paris; private collection, New York.

A preparatory drawing for one of the 63 lithographs created by Léger for Cirque, published by Tériade, Paris, 1950 (see Saphire 57).

With an authentication from Yves Lébouc, Quedillart S.A., Paris.