Fernand LÉGER (1881-1955) (after) Le Cheval sur fond jaune, from the original model designed circa [1953], our proof numbered 115/250. Bas-relief. Polychrome glazed ceramic. Limited and numbered post-mortem edition from the Musée national Fernand Léger. Monogrammed F. L. lower right; underglazed with the label Le Cheval sur fond jaune - Edition of 250 from the original model by Fernand LÉGER (exclusive to Musée national Fernand LÉGER - Biot) - Numbered 115/250 on the back. 48 x 38 cm Enamel skip lower left. Provenance : - Simone Bauquier Collection; Callian (château). - Mme X., inherited from the previous owner. Related archive and pictorial work: Notre céramique à rapprocher de 2 têtes de chevaux (étude pour une céramique) (1952), referenced under number 201802-000099 in the Comité Léger's Catalogue raisonné of Fernand Léger's works on paper. Public collection and related work : Musée national Fernand Léger, Biot - A ceramic proof of Tête de cheval sur fond jaune, justified 2/8 and bearing N° 33, is held in the collections of this institution under inventory number MNFL 99015. Related exhibitions and works : - Fernand Léger - National Museum Warsaw, February to March 1971; National Museum Krakow, April 1 to May 1, 1971; National Museum Poznan, May 15 to June 15, 1971; Art Museum Lodz, July 1 to August 1, 1971. A ceramic proof of Tête de cheval sur fond jaune exhibited at this event (N° 255). - Fernand Léger, la céramique - Biot, Musée national Fernand Léger, March 24 - July 2, 2000. Two ceramic proofs of Tête de cheval (one with yellow background, the other with black and red decoration) exhibited at this event (N° 51 and n°52). Bibliography: - Larisa Alekseevna Zadova - Fernand Léger, mosaïque, vitrail, céramique, tapisserie - Editions Izdatel'stvo Iskusstvo, Moscow, 1970. A ceramic proof of Tête de cheval, with red and yellow decoration, reproduced under number 6 of the ceramics catalog and on the cover. - Gualtieri di San Lazzaro (dir.) - Homage to Fernand Léger - Special issue of XXe siècle magazine, 1971. A ceramic proof of Tête de cheval reproduced on p. 120. - 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 Tête de cheval sur fond jaune (Horse head on yellow ground) referenced under catalog no. 51, reproduced on p. 11 and described on p. 58; another ceramic proof of Tête de cheval, with black and red decoration, referenced under no. 52, reproduced on p. 27 and described on p. 58.