
Fernand Léger
La Grande Parade, étude, 1953
Brush and ink and gouache on paper
Initialled and dated lower right: F.L. 53
19¾ x 25¾ inches / 50.2 x 65.4 cm
Provenance
Nadia Léger, Paris
Musée national de Fernand Léger, Biot (acquired by 1967)
Nissenbaum Collection (and sold: Sotheby's, London, April 4, 1979, lot 270)
Waddington Galleries, London (acquired at the above sale)
Private Collection, California
Galerie Beyeler, Basel
Private Collection, London
Pace Gallery, New York
Vivian Horan, New York
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York
Acquavella Galleries, New York
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above on May 12, 1988)
Exhibited
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Museum, Léger, 1967, no. 55
Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Léger, 1967, no. 94, illustrated in the catalogue
Paris, Grand Palais, Léger Retrospective, 1971-72, no. 262
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Léger 1881-1981, 1981, no. 67, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Madrid, Fundación Juan March, Léger, 1983, no. 94, illustrated in the catalogue
New York, Barbara Mathes Gallery, European Modern Masters, 1983-84, n.n.
New York, Acquavella Galleries, XIX & XX Century Master Drawings and Watercolors, 1988, no. 23, illustrated in the catalogue