Attributed to Fernand Leger (1881-1955) Title: Untitled ("Woman Portrait"), Medium: Ink on cardboard, Date: 1953, Size: 8.50" H x 5.50" W (inches). Signed F. Leger 53. This lot is accompanied by a Certificate of Attribution and is not a reproduction, it is a unique piece. We recommend that the buyer do their research before bidding on the lot. The sale of this lot is final. Was a canonical French artist known for his contributions to Cubism. Along with Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, Leger crafted unique ways of expressing three-dimensional objects in pictorial space. I organize the opposition between colors, lines, and curves, he said of painting. I set curves against straight lines, patches of color against plastic forms, pure colors against subtly nuanced shades of gray. Born on February 4, 1881 in Argentan, France, Leger apprenticed with an architect before moving to Paris in 1900, where he worked as an architectural draftsman. In Paris, while taking courses at the ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, he came under the influence of Paul Cezanne, Picasso, and Braque. Around 1905, the artist developed his hallmark style of tubular forms and mechanical imagery. During the 1920s, he created the film Ballet Mecanique(1924) and design murals for Le Corbusier Pavillon de L'esprit Nouveau(1925). By the end of World War II, Leger paintings had become increasingly abstract, with color transparencies floating amidst boldly drawn figures and objects, as seen in his Two Women Holding Flowers (1954). The artist died on August 17, 1955 in Gif-sur-Yvette, France. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Tate Gallery in London, the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, and the Albertina in Vienna.

Good condition. It's framed.