Fernand LÉGER (1881-1955) (after) - Lot 9

Fernand LÉGER (1881-1955) (after) Les Acrobates sur fond rouge, from the original maquette designed around [1954], our proof justified on 250 (without numbering). Bas-relief. Polychrome glazed ceramic. Limited post-mortem edition of the Musée national Fernand Léger. Monogrammed F. L. lower right; bears the underglaze label Les Acrobates sur fond rouge - Edition of 250 from the original model by Fernand LÉGER (exclusive to Musée national Fernand LÉGER - Biot) - /250 on the back. 51 x 46 cm Small chips and enamel wear on the lower edge. Provenance : - Simone Bauquier Collection; Callian (château). - Mrs. X., inherited from the previous owner. Public collection and related work : Musée national Fernand Léger, Biot - A ceramic proof of Les Acrobates sur fond rouge, bearing N° 40, is held in the collections of this institution under inventory number MNFL 99022. Exhibition and related work : 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 print of Les Acrobates sur fond rouge exhibited at this event (N° 258). Related pictorial work: Our ceramic work to be compared with the Acrobates series, in particular Les Acrobates en gris (1943-44), kept at the Centre Pompidou under inventory number AM 1981-3 (currently on deposit at the Musée de l'Armée, Paris). Bibliography: - Larisa Alekseevna Zadova - Fernand Léger, mosaïque, vitrail, céramique, tapisserie - Editions Izdatel'stvo Iskusstvo, Moscow, 1970. A ceramic proof of Les Acrobates sur fond rouge reproduced under number 20 in the ceramics catalog. - Gilles Néret - F. Léger - Nouvelles Éditions Françaises / Casterman, Paris, 1990. A ceramic proof (partially glazed) of Les Acrobates reproduced on p. 240, on a photograph showing Léger in front of his works. - Yvonne Brunhammer - Fernand Léger, l'œuvre monumental - Éditions 5 Continents, Milan, 2005. A ceramic print of Les Acrobates sur fond rouge referenced under number 145 in the catalog and reproduced on p.s 124 (detail) and 138.