Fernand Léger
Esquisse pour ‘Les Belles cyclistes’, 2ᵉ état , 1944 (Executed)
Lot #335 |
2026-04-29 |
Sotheby's, New York
Modern Day Auction
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
USD 600,000 - 800,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N12125
Auction name: Modern Day Auction
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2026-04-29
End date: 2026-05-20
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 20th Century French Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 20 by 24 in. 50.1 by 61 cm.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
50.8
Width In Centimeters:
61
Height In Inches:
20
Width In Inches:
24
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Year notes: Executed in 1944.
Provenance
Louis Carré, Paris (acquired directly from the artist) Sidney Janis Gallery, New York Dr. and Mrs. Norman P. Laskey, New York Sidney Janis Gallery, New York Acquired from the above by May 1978 by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Valentine Gallery, New Paintings , 1945, no. 4 New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, F. Léger 1912-1948, 1948, no. 13 (titled Les Belles cyclistes II) New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, 3rd Exhibition of Paintings by Léger: 30 Years of Léger , 1952, no. 24 (titled Les Belles Cyclistes and with incorrect dimensions) New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Léger, Major Themes , 1957, no. 24, n.p., illustrated (titled Women Cyclists and with incorrect dimensions) New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, 6th Exhibition of Paintings by Léger, Selected from the Years 1918-1954 , 1960-61, no. 12, illustrated (titled The Women Cyclists and with incorrect dimensions) New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Fernand Léger: Five Themes and Variations , 1962, no. 29, p. 44, illustrated New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, 2 Generations: Picasso to Pollock , 1964
Literature
Georges Bauquier, Irus Hansma and Claude Lefebvre du Preÿ, Fernand Léger, Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint , 1944-1948, vol. VII, Paris, 2000, no. 1178, pp. 48-49, illustrated in color
Catalog summary
Property from the Collection of Annabelle and Bernard Fishman Fernand Léger 1881 - 1955 Esquisse pour ‘Les Belles cyclistes’, 2ᵉ état signed F. LEGER and dated 44 (lower right); signed F. LEGER. , titled and dated 44 (on the reverse) oil on canvas 20 by 24 in. 50.1 by 61 cm. Executed in 1944. Provenance Louis Carré, Paris (acquired directly from the artist) Sidney Janis Gallery, New York Dr. and Mrs. Norman P. Laskey, New York Sidney Janis Gallery, New York Acquired from the above by May 1978 by the present owner Exhibited New York, Valentine Gallery, New Paintings , 1945, no. 4 New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, F. Léger 1912-1948, 1948, no. 13 (titled Les Belles cyclistes II) New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, 3rd Exhibition of Paintings by Léger: 30 Years of Léger , 1952, no. 24 (titled Les Belles Cyclistes and with incorrect dimensions) New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Léger, Major Themes , 1957, no. 24, n.p., illustrated (titled Women Cyclists and with incorrect dimensions) New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, 6th Exhibition of Paintings by Léger, Selected from the Years 1918-1954 , 1960-61, no. 12, illustrated (titled The Women Cyclists and with incorrect dimensions) New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Fernand Léger: Five Themes and Variations , 1962, no. 29, p. 44, illustrated New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, 2 Generations: Picasso to Pollock , 1964 Literature Georges Bauquier, Irus Hansma and Claude Lefebvre du Preÿ, Fernand Léger, Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint , 1944-1948, vol. VII, Paris, 2000, no. 1178, pp. 48-49, illustrated in color