FERNAND LEGER French, 1881-1995
The Reading | La Lecture, 1924/1953
Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 55 x 70 cm. / 21.7 x 28 in.
Image size: 43.5 x 55 cm. / 17.3 x 21.6 in.
Image size: 43.5 x 55 cm. / 17.3 x 21.6 in.
This lithograph is hand signed in pencil by the artist "F. Léger" at the lower right margin.
It is hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 350, at the lower left margin.
The lithograph is also signed in the plate at the lower right corner of the image.
The work was printed by Fernand Mourlot, Paris in a limited edition of 350 impressions in 1953 and published by Galerie Louis Carré, Paris.
It is based on the original painting from 1924 of the same name by Léger, now in the collection of Museum Centre Pompidou in Paris.
The paper bears the ink stamp of the publisher, verso and the Arches watermark in the lower margin.
Literature: Saphire, L. (1978). Fernand Léger: The Complete Graphic Work. New York: Blue Moon Press.
Reference: Saphire E23.
Condition: Very good condition. Very pale staining at the extreme sheet edges. Backboard staining, verso.
It is hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 350, at the lower left margin.
The lithograph is also signed in the plate at the lower right corner of the image.
The work was printed by Fernand Mourlot, Paris in a limited edition of 350 impressions in 1953 and published by Galerie Louis Carré, Paris.
It is based on the original painting from 1924 of the same name by Léger, now in the collection of Museum Centre Pompidou in Paris.
The paper bears the ink stamp of the publisher, verso and the Arches watermark in the lower margin.
Literature: Saphire, L. (1978). Fernand Léger: The Complete Graphic Work. New York: Blue Moon Press.
Reference: Saphire E23.
Condition: Very good condition. Very pale staining at the extreme sheet edges. Backboard staining, verso.
$ 6,500.00
