Fernand

Leger

Contrasts of war
1916, early 1917
Dark blue ink on paper
23,5 x 14,5 cm
Unsigned
Certification :

Certificate of authenticity issued by the FNEPSA (National Federation of Specialized Art Experts)

Provenance :

Directly from the artist to Mr Romane, painter, great friend of Fernand Léger | Succession of Mr Romane

Expositions :

Références :

“Léger, Drawings and Gouaches”, Jean Cassou and Jean Leymarie, Édition du Chêne, Paris 1972, to be compared with numbers 25 and 35 p. 36 and 42 | “Léger and the Avant Garde” by Christopher Green, to be compared with drawings from the period: Epoque des Contrasts de Guerre 15-17.

À propos de cette oeuvre

This drawing, executed around Verdun, is classified in the drawings of Guerre 14-18 and shows the rubble of a bombed hospital. It should be compared to the sketches on this hospital from the LEFEVRE-FOINET collection.