SIMONE HERMAN (1905-c.1996). Still life. Mixed media on paper, signed and dated 1938 lower right. DIMENSIONS? Framed under glass. Simone HERMAN was a pupil and friend of Fernand Léger. She moved to Paris in 1930, where she attended his academy. She exhibited in Antwerp and Paris in 1937. Their correspondence was published by Les cahiers du Musée national d'art moderne in 1999: Fernand Léger, une correspondance poste restante, 1931-1941.

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