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Fernand Léger, Femmes et clef - Étude pour la danseuse, 1928, Pencil on laid paper with watermark "Charente MD"© Kornfeld — view on Kornfeld website ↗

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Femmes et clef - Étude pour la danseuse

Fernand Léger (1881–1955) · 1928

CHF 33,000 hammer

≈ $41,260≈ £30,533≈ €35,310

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Medium
Drawing (pencil) · Works on paper all drawing results →
As published: “Pencil on laid paper with watermark "Charente MD"”
Support
Paper
Category
Drawings
Dimensions
27.2 x 21 cm
Auction house
Kornfeld
Sale
Auction 287: Art of the 19th to 21st Centuries - Live Auction (287)
Date
September 11, 2025
Location
Bern, Switzerland
Lot
392
Estimate
CHF 25,000 – — (≈ $31,258) (≈ £23,131) (≈ €26,750)
Source
Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
Provenance (2)
  • Collection Dr. Gottlieb Friedrich Reber, Lausanne
  • The Eberhard W. Kornfeld Collection, Bern
Exhibitions (5)
  • Bern 1989, Kunstmuseum, Von Goya bis Tinguely, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen aus einer Privatsammlung [The Eberhard W. Kornfeld Collection], cat. no. 50
  • Madrid 2003, Fundación Juan March, Espíritu de modernidad: de Goya a
  • Giacometti, Obra sobre papel de la colección Kornfeld, cat. no. 19
  • Ishoj (DK) 2005, Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst, Fernand Léger, cat. no. 38
  • Vienna 2008/2009, Albertina, Wege der Moderne, Aus der Sammlung Eberhard W. Kornfeld, cat. no. 58
Literature (1)
  • Jean Cassou et Jean Leymarie, Fernand Léger, Dessins et Gouaches, Paris 1972, no. 151

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