In this exquisite ceramic, Leger presents a beautiful female visage which is partly hidden and slightly framed by the subject's hands. It is an intriguing and engaging ceramic piece - the background is a vibrant red while the details of the woman's face and hands are outlined in a contrasting black. According to Y. Brunhammer (2005), "The first low reliefs of 1950-52 were inspired by paintings and still lifes painted in 1936, 1937 and 1938 in strongly contrasted colours, in which the object and colour had replaced the 'subject' inherited from the Renaissance. These were the years that Léger was exploring mural decoration with his architect friends Robert Mallet-Steves, Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand, and later Paul Nelson, who had moved to Paris, for the Hanging House in 1939. His ceramic work was due to an unusual affinity with Roland Brice, who had moved to Biot in 1949 to work full-time on pottery" (132).

This painted and enameled ceramic is inscribed with the artist's intials "F.L." in the lower right.T his work features the Musée National F. Léger_Biot label on the reverse stating the following: 'VISAGE AUX DEUX MAINS | Edition à 250 exemplaires d'après la | maquette originale de Fernand LEGER | (exclusivité Musée National F.LEGER_BIOT).

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
This work is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices accompanying the final sale of the work):

1. With the Musée National F. Léger_Biot label on the reverse.
2. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work.