Fernand LÉGER (1881-1955) (after) Abstract composition, after the original model designed around [1953], our proof numbered 21/250 Bas-relief. Polychrome glazed ceramic. Limited and numbered post-mortem edition supervised by Nadia Léger. Monogrammed F. L. lower right; signed in felt-tip pen N. LÉGER (for Nadia LÉGER): Composition abstraite - Édition d'après une œuvre originale de F. LÉGER and also numbered in felt-tip 21/250 on the back. 44.5 x 33.5 cm Provenance : - Simone Bauquier Collection; Callian (château). - Mme X., inherited from the previous owner. Public collection and related work : Musée national Fernand Léger, Biot - A ceramic proof of Composition abstraite, bearing N° 26, is held in the collections of this institution under inventory number MNFL 99018. Related exhibitions and works : - Fernand Léger, la céramique - Biot, Musée national Fernand Léger, March 24 - July 2, 2000. A ceramic proof of the Composition abstraite exhibited at this event (N° 42). - Haut en couleur, les céramiques de Fernand Léger - Biot, Musée national Fernand Léger, from November 20 2010 to May 16 2011. A ceramic proof of the Abstract Composition exhibited at this event. Related pictorial work : Our ceramic to be compared with the oil on canvas entitled La Plante (1945), referenced under N° 1194 in Fernand Léger's Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint (VI). Bibliography: - Larisa Alekseevna Zadova - Fernand Léger, mosaïque, vitrail, céramique, tapisserie - Editions Izdatelstvo Iskusstvo, Moscow, 1970. A ceramic proof of Composition abstraite reproduced under number 24 in the ceramics catalog. - Peter de Francia - Fernand Léger - Yale University Press, New Haven, 1983. A ceramic proof of the Composition abstraite, with color variations, reproduced on p. 242. - Fernand Léger, la céramique - Catalogue published for the exhibition at the Musée national Fernand Léger, Biot (March 24 - July 2, 2000), Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, 2000. A ceramic proof of Composition abstraite referenced under number 42 in the catalog, reproduced on p. 45 and described on p. 57. - Yvonne Brunhammer - Fernand Léger, l'œuvre monumental - Editions 5 Continents, Milan, 2005. A ceramic proof of Composition abstraite, catalog number 148, reproduced on p. 139.