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Artist

Fernand Léger

1881
Argentan (Normandie), Frankreich

1955
Gif-sur-Yvette (Seine-et-Oise), Frankreich

Work data

Material/Technique

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

Image: 73.3 × 116.5 cm
Frame: 92.7 × 135.5 × 6.5 cm

Signature

Bez. u.r.: "F. LÉGER 22"; verso: "femme tenant des fleurs F LÉGER 22"

Accession Number

0135

Catalogue Raisonné

Bauquier 319

Acquisition year

1963

Provenance

The painting “Femme tenant des fleurs” by Fernand Léger was purchased by the Parisian art dealer Léonce Rosenberg shortly after its creation in 1922 and can be traced back to him until at least 1924. In 1927 and 1928, the work was owned by Etienne Bignou, who founded his Parisian gallery around the same time. In 1937, the work returned to Rosenberg and then remained in the possession of Louis Carré from at least 1938 to at least 1955. From 1956 to 1958, it was represented in various exhibitions as part of Ragnar Moltzau’s collection. The Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen purchased the painting “Femme tenant des fleurs” from Marlborough Fine Art for its holdings in 1963.

Credit line

Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf

Exhibitions

Puppen Körper Automaten. Phantasmen der Moderne, 23.7.-31.10.1999, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
Unser 20. Jahrhundert - Meisterwerke von Picasso bis Beuys, 14.7.-28.10.2000, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
museum global. Mikrogeschichten einer ex-zentrischen Moderne/museum global. Microhistories of an Ex-centric Modernism, 9.11.2018-9.3.2019, K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Grabbeplatz
Atelier Fernand Léger (AT), 22.10.2027-25.3.2028, K20