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ARTIST: Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
TITLE: Paysage 48
MEDIUM: Original Color Lithograph on Arches Paper with a Script Watermark
IMAGE SIZE: 16 ¾" x 14" (42.6 x 35.6 cm)
SHEET SIZE: 24 ¾" x 19 3/8" (62.9 x 49.2 cm)
FRAMED SIZE: 39" x 35 ¼" (99.1 x 89.5 cm)
SIGNATURE: This work has a guaranteed authentic signature by Leger in pencil
in the lower right hand side of the work.
EDITION: Numbered 10/75 in the lower left hand side of the work.
CONDITION: This work is in excellent condition, a fine dark impression with
full margins! The colors are exceptionally brilliant and fresh
PRICE: $6,500
DISCUSSION:
Exhibiting the artist's use of mechanical and abstract imagery, this work is
full of active energy and simultaneous stability. The painterly texture of the
work and contrasting darks and lights, give this piece a sense of depth and
volume.
Created in 1948, this original color lithograph was printed by Mourlot, Paris and published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris. Printed on Arches paper with a Script watermark, this work is numbered 10/75 in the lower left. Signed by Leger in pencil in the lower right, this work is in excellent condition with a fine dark impression and full margins.
Filling the background in a vivid painterly blue with gradual transitions of tone, the blacks and whites of the images stand out in sharp contrast and capture the viewer's attention. An abstract image of scaffolding or a mechanical object, extends from the right across the middle of the page. Differing strongly from the hard-edged linear forms are three distinct amorphic shapes floating in the middle of the image. The dark shadows within the organic forms appear incongruent with the rest of the image, as though illustrating a window into another world. The solid black rectangle extending vertically along the left balances with the structure on the right and makes the organic forms stand out even more in sharp contrast as though floating on air.
DOCUMENTATION / COA: It is fully
documented and referenced in (copies will be enclosed as added documentation
with the invoices that I will enclose with the sale of the work):
1) Saphire, Lawrence, Fernand Leger: The Complete Graphic Work, 1978, image
is illustrated as cat. no. 23 on pgs 68 and 69.
ABOUT THE FRAMING:
Conservation framed with archival materials and museum quality, this work is
set in a gold leaf stepped frame. The tone of the moulding accentuates and compliments
the deep blue of this work. The sculptural details of the framing enhance the
organic forms in this image. Completed with white linen wrapped mattes and a
matching gold inner fillet, this work is set behind an archival Plexiglas cover.