Photo © Schuler Auktionen — view this lot on Schuler Auktionen ↗Portrait de Jean Epstein, 1922
Drawing (pencil)
Schuler Auktionen · Jun 29, 2026Unsold / did not meet reserve
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Auction result
Composition, 1950
Fernand Léger (French, 1881–1955)
CA$26,000 hammer
≈ $18,809≈ £13,967≈ €16,673
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- Medium
- Gouache · Works on paper all gouache results →As published: “gouache on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed with initials, dated 1950, signed and inscribed "A Madame Matarazzo en souvenir de sa visite à mon atelier. Très cordialement F. Léger 21-5-52" lower rig
- Category
- Gouaches
- Dimensions
- 12.5 x 8.75 in
- Auction house
- Cowley Abbott
- Sale
- Select Masterworks of Canadian & International Art (4-GMZKXE)
- Date
- May 29, 2025
- Location
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Lot
- 67
- Estimate
- CA$30,000 – CA$50,000 (≈ $21,703 – $36,171) (≈ £16,115 – £26,859) (≈ €19,238 – €32,064)
- Source
- Auction house live.cowleyabbott.ca ↗Retrieved Oct 11, 2026
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