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Fernand Léger

(France, 1881-1955)
Estimate
250 000 - 300 000 SEK
22 200 - 26 700 EUR
22 700 - 27 200 USD
Hammer price
330 000 SEK
Covered by droit de suite

By law, the buyer will pay an artist fee for this work of art. This fee is 5% of the hammer price, or less. For more information about this law:

Sweden: BUS
Finland: Kuvasto

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Fernand Léger
(France, 1881-1955)

"La Création du Monde - Le Masque Africain"

Executed in 1923. Gouache 37.5 x 21 cm. Indistinct stamp on verso: Théatre des Champs-Élysées 15, Avenue Montaigne Direction: Rolf de Maré.

Provenance

Originally in Rolf de Maré's collection, Stockholm/Paris. Thereafter as a gift to Bengt Häger, Stockholm. Subsequently by inheritance to the present owner.

Literature

Bengt Häger, "Ballets Suédois", 1989, compare image page 208-209.

More information

Certificate issued by Irus Hansma, Paris, dated 3 March 2012 included in lot.