Work is titled DELUGE. Lot is accompanied by Certificate of Authentication from Irus Hansma/Hansma Fine Arts and a handwritten notation on the reverse of the painting from Louis Grosclaude with his stamp certifying that the work is an original Leger gouache. This work will be included in the catalog raisonne. Provenance: J.L. Hudson Gallery, Detroit, Michigan | Private Collection, Grosse Pointe, Michigan | Grogan & Company, Dedham, Massachusetts, auction 5.21.11, lot #203 | Grogan & Company, Dedham, Massachusetts, auction 12.14.14, lot #58 | Estate of Samuel L. Scher, M.D, Florida.
Designer & Manufacturer: Fernand Leger (1881-1955)
Markings: signed, marking(s); 1950
Country of Origin & Materials: French; gouache and ink of China on paper
Dimensions(H,W,D): 13"h, 10"w; 26"h, 23"w frame
Condition
art: very good, some discoloration to margins, small crimp to corner; frame: very good, light wear, some small chips to corners