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FERNAND LEGER 1881-1955
Argentan 1881-1955 Paris, Gif-sur-Yvette (French)
Title: The Butterflies / Les Papillons, 1948
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Arches vellum paper
Paper Size: 65 x 49.5 cm / 25.6 x 19.5 in
Image Size: 50.5 x 41.5 cm / 19.9 x 16.3 in
Additional Information: This lithograph is hand signed in pencil by the artist "F.Leger" in the lower right corner, and hand numbered in pencil "35/75" in the lower left corner.
The work was printed by Mourlot, Paris in a limited edition of 75 impressions in 1948.
It was published by Galerie Louis Carre, Paris.
Note: The combination of the quasi geometric forms and shapes taken from natural flora and fauna, like the plant fronds and the butterfly, together with the strong primary colours, - red, yellow, blue, turquoise etc, - make Les Papillons a very striking example of the period in Legers works in the 1940s when he used a type of naturalism as the basis for his ideas of abstract composition.
The butterfly appears in a number of works of this era of his art, appealing to him for the rhythm of the curves of its shape.
Provenance: Galerie Louis Carre, Paris
Literature: Saphire, Lawrence, 1978. Fernand Leger: The Complete Graphic Work. New York: Blue Moon Press.
Reference: Saphire 20
Condition: Very Good condition. A minor mark at the lower part of the paper.
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