Fernand LÉGER (1881-1955) (after) Visage aux deux mains, also known as Visage et mains, from the original maquette, circa [1954], 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 38 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 Visage et mains is held in this institution's collections under inventory number MNFL 03008. Related exhibitions and works : - Fernand Léger - Musée Galliera, Paris, February to March 1969. A bronze proof of Visage aux deux mains exhibited at this event (N° 122). - 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; Museum of Art, Lodz, July 1 to August 1, 1971. A bronze proof of Visage et mains exhibited at this event (N° 237). - Fernand Léger, 1881-1955 - Berlin, Staatliche Kunsthalle, October 24, 1980 - January 7, 1981. A bronze proof of Visage aux deux mains exhibited at this event (N° 335). - Fernand Léger - Tokyo, Mitsukoshi Museum of Art, November 23 to December 27, 1993; Nara Prefectural Museum of Art, January 8 to February 17, 1994; Takamatsu City Museum of Art, February 25 to March 27, 1994. A bronze print of Le Visage aux deux mains exhibited at this event (N° 118). Related pictorial work : Our bronze to be compared with the drawing Visage aux deux mains (1949), kept in the collections of the Musée national Fernand Léger under inventory number MNFL 97016. Bibliography : Fernand Léger - Catalogue de l'exposition itinérante organisée au Mitsukoshi Museum of Art, Tokyo (23 novembre - 27 décembre 1993) ; au Nara Prefectural Museum of Art (8 janvier - 17 février 1994) ; au Takamatsu City Museum of Art (25 février - 27 mars 1994), Éditions Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo, 1993. A bronze print of Le Visage aux deux mains is referenced under number 118 in the catalog and reproduced on p. 181.