72 - FERNAND LÉGER (1881–1955)

FERNAND LÉGER (1881–1955) *La Lance*, stained-glass design for the Church of the Sacred Heart in Audincourt (Doubs), model created around [1950] Gouache on heavy paper. Folds. Monogrammed “F.L.” in the lower right corner, marked “G-6459/2” in pencil on the reverse. 38x94cm Important: A certificate of authenticity from the Léger Committee may be provided to the purchaser upon request and at the purchaser’s expense. Provenance: - Simone Bauquier Collection; Château de Callian. - Mrs. X., work acquired by inheritance from the previous owner. Related artwork: This work is comparable to the gouache on paper *Vitrail pour Audincourt* – *La Lance* (c. 1950), listed under number CL-1950-038 in the Comité Léger’s *Catalogue Raisonné of Works on Paper by Fernand Léger*, and held at the Fernand Léger National Museum in Biot. Public Collections and Related Works: - Fernand Léger National Museum, Biot – A similar work, with slight variations in color, is held in this institution’s collections under inventory number MNFL97062. - Centre Pompidou, Paris – A similar work, with slight variations in color, is held in the collections of this institution under inventory number AM 3434 P. Bibliography and Exhibitions: - Katharine Kuh – Léger – Catalog of the traveling exhibition held at the Art Institute of Chicago (April 2–May 17, 1953); at the San Francisco Museum of Art (June 15–August 23, 1953); at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York (October 6, 1953 – January 3, 1954), published by the Art Institute of Chicago, 1953. A similar work is listed under catalog number 91-108. - Claude Laugier and Michèle Richet – Léger, Works by Fernand Léger, 1881–1955 – Published by the Centre Georges-Pompidou / National Museum of Modern Art, Paris, 1981. A similar work, with slight variations in color, is listed under catalog number 32 and reproduced on page 131. - Yvonne Brunhammer – Fernand Léger, the Monumental Work – Éditions 5 Continents, Milan, 2005. The stained-glass window *La Lance* from the Church of the Sacred Heart in Audincourt is reproduced on page 101 (ill. 92). - Katia Baudin (ed.) – Fernand Léger, Painting in Space – Catalog of the exhibition held at the Museum Ludwig, Cologne (April 9–July 3, 2016), Hirmer Verlag, Munich. A similar work, with slight variations in color, is reproduced on pages 244 (photograph of Fernand Léger in his studio), 245, and 306 (no. 270); the stained-glass windows of the Sacré-Cœur Church in Audincourt, reproduced on pages 246–247. - Ariane Coulondre (ed.) – Fernand Léger, Beauty Is Everywhere – Catalog of the exhibition held at the Centre Pompidou-Metz (May 20–October 30, 2017); at the Palais des Beaux-Arts (BOZAR), Brussels (February 9–June 3, 2018), Published by Centre Pompidou-Metz/BOZAR, Metz/Brussels, 2017. A similar work, with slight variations in color, is listed under catalog numbers 113–122 and reproduced on page 235 (ill. 4).