NADIA LÉGER (1904-1982) (NADIA KHODOSSIEVITCH-LÉGER, DIT) - FORMER COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST, THEN BY DESCENT Polaris, after the oil on canvas Formes géométriques en mouvement sur fond de Lune N°II (1924), from an edition begun in 1970, our work numbered 3/30 and presented during the exhibition Nadia Léger, une femme d'avant-garde, Musée Maillol, Paris, from November 8, 2024 to March 23, 2025. Suprematist pendant-brooch. Bright gold, matt gold. Monogrammed N.D.L. and numbered 3/30 on the back, with the guarantee hallmark on the reverse of one of the elements. Height: 7.5cm - Length: 10.5cm Weight: 58g Provenance: Nadia Léger Collection: - Nadia Léger Collection. - Wanda Jr Grabowska, daughter of the previous owner, a gift from her mother. - Mrs. X., granddaughter of the previous owner. Important: A certificate from the Comité Léger may be given to the purchaser, at his request and expense. Public collection: Kremlin Museums, Moscow - An identical model is kept in the collections of this institution under inventory number M3-4366. Exhibitions: Suprematism Vision: Space Motifs in the Graphic Works and Jewellery Designs of Nadia Léger - Kremlin Museums, Moscow, April 22 - August 31, 2021. An identical model, kept at the Kremlin Museums in Moscow, presented at this event. - Nadia Léger, une femme d'avant-garde - Paris, Musée Maillol, from November 8, 2024 to March 23, 2025. Our jewel presented at this event. Bibliography: Aymar du Chatenet, Valérie Loth, Karolina Zychowicz, et al - Nadia Léger, une femme d'avant-garde - Hors-série publié à l'occasion de l'exposition organisée au Musée Maillol, Paris (8 novembre 2024 - 23 mars 2025), Beaux-Arts Éditions, Paris, 2024. An identical model, from a Pierre Cardin edition, reproduced on page 28. Bibliography and related works: Christophe Czwiklitzer - Suprématisme by Nadia Khodossievitch-Léger - Éditions Art-C.C., Paris, 1972. A Sculpture suprématisme III, a sculptural translation of our brooch model, referenced and reproduced under catalog no. 86; the oil on canvas Formes géométriques en mouvement sur fond de lune N°II reproduced and referenced under no. 31.
Estimate
€6,000 - €8,000
Result
€7,800
Buyer's premium
30%
NADIA LÉGER (1904-1982) (NADIA KHODOSSIEVITCH-LÉGER, DIT) - FORMER COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST, THEN BY DESCENT
Polaris, after the oil on canvas Formes géométriques en mouvement sur fond de Lune N°II (1924), from an edition begun in 1970, our work numbered 3/30 and presented during the exhibition Nadia Léger, une femme d'avant-garde, Musée Maillol, Paris, from November 8, 2024 to March 23, 2025.
Suprematist pendant-brooch.
Bright gold, matt gold.
Monogrammed N.D.L. and numbered 3/30 on the back, with the guarantee hallmark on the reverse of one of the elements.
Height: 7.5cm - Length: 10.5cm
Weight: 58g
Provenance: Nadia Léger Collection:
- Nadia Léger Collection.
- Wanda Jr Grabowska, daughter of the previous owner, a gift from her mother.
- Mrs. X., granddaughter of the previous owner.
Important:
A certificate from the Comité Léger may be given to the purchaser, at his request and expense.
Public collection:
Kremlin Museums, Moscow - An identical model is kept in the collections of this institution under inventory number M3-4366.
Exhibitions:
Suprematism Vision: Space Motifs in the Graphic Works and Jewellery Designs of Nadia Léger - Kremlin Museums, Moscow, April 22 - August 31, 2021. An identical model, kept at the Kremlin Museums in Moscow, presented at this event.
- Nadia Léger, une femme d'avant-garde - Paris, Musée Maillol, from November 8, 2024 to March 23, 2025. Our jewel presented at this event.
Bibliography:
Aymar du Chatenet, Valérie Loth, Karolina Zychowicz, et al - Nadia Léger, une femme d'avant-garde - Hors-série publié à l'occasion de l'exposition organisée au Musée Maillol, Paris (8 novembre 2024 - 23 mars 2025), Beaux-Arts Éditions, Paris, 2024. An identical model, from a Pierre Cardin edition, reproduced on page 28.
Bibliography and related works:
Christophe Czwiklitzer - Suprématisme by Nadia Khodossievitch-Léger - Éditions Art-C.C., Paris, 1972. A Sculpture suprématisme III, a sculptural translation of our brooch model, referenced and reproduced under catalog no. 86; the oil on canvas Formes géométriques en mouvement sur fond de lune N°II reproduced and referenced under no. 31.
Sale
Friday 28 November 2025・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
Salle 1-7 - Hôtel Drouot
9, rue Drouot
75009 Paris