Fernand LÉGER (1881-1955) (after) Le Motif blanc - N° 48, also known as Le fer à cheval or Motif abstrait, the model created in [1951]. Bas-relief. Polychrome enameled white clay proof. Post-mortem edition. Marked Le Motif blanc - N° 48. on the back. 22.5 x 17 cm Minor scattered chips. Provenance : - Simone Bauquier Collection; Callian (château). - Mme X., inherited from the previous owner. Related exhibitions and works : - Fernand Léger, la céramique - Biot, Musée national Fernand Léger, March 24 - July 2, 2000. A polychrome ceramic proof of Le Motif abstrait, No. 4, exhibited at this event (No. 26). - Haut en couleur, les céramiques de Fernand Léger - Biot, Musée national Fernand Léger, November 20 2010 - May 16 2011. Similar work, N° 4, exhibited at this event. Related pictorial work : Our ceramic can be compared with the oil on canvas entitled Le motif bleu (1938), referenced under N° 998 in Fernand Léger's Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint (VI). Bibliography : 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 polychrome ceramic proof of Le Motif abstrait, no. 4, referenced as no. 26 in the catalog, reproduced on p. 7 and described on p. 54.