Fernand LÉGER (1881-1955) (after) Abstract composition, also known as Les Feuilles, from the original model designed around [1952], hors commerce proof from the original edition. Bas-relief. Bronze; black-brown patina. Lost-wax casting. Musée national Fernand Léger limited post-mortem edition. Signed F. LÉGER lower left, justified H. C. Musée F. LÉGER lower right, stamped C. VALSUANI Cire perdue on edge lower left. 45 x 35 cm Provenance : - Simone Bauquier Collection; Callian (château). - Mme X., inherited from the previous owner. Public collection and related work : Musée national Fernand Léger, Biot - An Hors Commerce bronze proof of Composition abstraite is held in this institution's collections under inventory number MNFL 03006. Exhibition and related work : Fernand Léger - Musée Galliera, Paris, February to March 1969. A bronze proof of the Composition abstraite exhibited at this event (N° 119). Bibliography: Fernand Léger - Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Musée Galliera, Paris (February-March 1969), Éditions du Musée Galliera, Paris, 1969. A bronze proof of the Composition abstraite referenced and reproduced under catalog no. 119, unpaginated. Related pictorial work: Our bronze to be compared with the oil on canvas entitled Étude pour une peinture murale (1945), referenced under N° 1195 in Fernand Léger's Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint (VI). Bibliography : - Fernand Léger - Catalogue de l'exposition organisée au Musée Galliera, Paris (février-mars 1969), Éditions du Musée Galliera, Paris, 1969. A bronze proof of the Composition abstraite referenced and reproduced under catalog no. 119, unpaginated. - Larisa Alekseevna Zadova - Fernand Léger, mosaïque, stained glass, ceramics, tapestry - Editions Izdatelʹstvo Iskusstvo, Moscow, 1970. A bronze proof of the Abstract Composition reproduced on page 25. Bibliography and related works: - Fernand Léger, 1881-1955 - Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Berlin (October 24, 1980 - January 7, 1981), Staatliche Kunsthalle Verlag, Berlin, 1980. A ceramic print of Composition abstraite, catalog number 337, reproduced on p. 545. - Serge Fauchereau - Fernand Léger: A Painter in the City - Éditions Polígrafa, Barcelona, 1994. A ceramic proof of Composition abstraite, reproduced on p. 116 under number 128. - Olivier Le Bihan (dir.) - Céramique d'artiste : Derain, Dufy, Matisse, Miró, Picasso... - Catalogue of the exhibition organized at the Musée d'art moderne, Troyes (July 10 - December 2, 2012), Silvana Editoriale, Milan, 2012. A ceramic proof of Abstract Composition referenced under catalog number 135 and reproduced on p. 196.