Fernand Léger (1881-1955) Fleur, circa 1953

Fernand Léger (1881-1955) Fleur, circa 1953 Gouache on paper laid down on canvas Signed with the monogram on the bottom right 49 x 42 cm Provenance : - Galerie Gilbert & Paul Pétridès, Paris - Private collection, Nice Exhibition : Paris, Galerie Gilbert & Paul Pétridès, "Léger," June 2006, no. 20 Bibliography : This work will be included in the "Repertoire des oeuvres sur papier de Fernand Léger" currently being prepared by Madame Irus Hansma The buyer will be provided with a copy of Ms Irus Hansma's certificate of inclusion (the original having been misplaced) The buyer will be provided with a certificate of inclusion from the Comité Léger Note : This gouache is a study for the ceramic "Le tournesol ou le soleil" made in the 1970s by the Ateliers Brice. A copy is kept at the Fernand Léger Farm-Museum in Lisores, Calvados