FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955) D'APRÈS & TABARD FRÈRES ET SŒURS L - Lot 74

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FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955) D'APRÈS & TABARD FRÈRES ET SŒURS L - Lot 74
FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955) D'APRÈS & TABARD FRÈRES ET SŒURS LISSIER À AUBUSSONAbstract composition, also known as a mural composition, based on the model for a mural designed in [1953], our proof woven in 1962 and numbered 3/6, the model woven in 4 copies between 1961 and 1962Tapestry in wool of 6 colours and made on a bass-line loom. The edition of this tapestry on the initiative of Nadia Léger, widow of the artist. Marked LÉGER in the weft at the bottom right, carries the escutcheon of the lissier TABARD in the weft at the bottom left, carries the justificatif 3/6 on the back, complete with its original bolduc on the back with the following mentions : H. 2 M - L. 4 M - Carton de Fernand LÉGER edited by TABARD Frères et sœurs Aubusson N° 885. 195,5 x 394 cmPublic collections : Copy n°4 of this tapestry model, also woven at Tabard in Aubusson in 1962, is kept at the Musée National Fernand Léger in Biot under the inventory number MNFL02066 following a donation by Nadia Léger and Georges Bauquier in 1969 . Exhibition & Bibliography: - F. Léger, tapestries, ceramics, bronzes, lithographs - Palais de la Méditerranée, Nice, exhibition from 20 July to 30 September 1962. Another copy of this tapestry exhibited during this event and titled "Composition abstraite" reproduced in the catalogue (not paginated). - F. Léger et les arts décoratifs - Musée National Fernand Léger & Musée départemental de la tapisserie in Aubusson, exhibitions from 20 October 2002 to 3 February 2003 and then from 15 February to 18 May 2003. Copy n°4 presented during this event and kept at the Musée National Fernand Léger reproduces page 34. Related work: Georges Bauquier - Fernand Léger; catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint 1952-1953 - Éditions Irus et Vincent Hansma, Paris, 2013. Project for a wall painting, an oil on canvas from 1952 with a very similar composition and measuring 114 x 195 cm is referenced and reproduced in the catalogue raisonné.
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