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Composition aux trois figures by Fernand Léger, 1932, Oil on canvas, doubled, sold Jun 2022Photo © Kornfeld — view this lot on Kornfeld ↗

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Composition aux trois figures

Fernand Léger (French, 1881–1955) · 1932

CHF 1,150,000 hammer

≈ $1,193,355≈ £973,055≈ €1,138,046

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Medium
Oil · Paintings all oil results →
As published: “Oil on canvas, doubled”
Support
Canvas
Category
Oil paintings
Dimensions
66 x 91 cm
Auction house
Kornfeld
Sale
Auction 276: Live Auction - Part 1 (276)
Date
June 17, 2022
Location
Bern, Switzerland
Lot
115
Estimate
CHF 1,000,000 – — (≈ $1,037,700) (≈ £846,135) (≈ €989,605)
Source
Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
Provenance (6)
  • Marie Cuttoli Collection, Paris (since at least 1935)
  • Collection Mr & Ms Max (Mac) N. Benoff, Los Angeles
  • 1953 on loan to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
  • 1959 on loan to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
  • Collection Ms Max N. Benoff, Los Angeles
  • Private collection Switzerland
Literature (6)
  • Catalogue raisonné: Georges Bauquier/Irus Hansma/Claude Lefebvre du Preÿ/Nelly Maillard, Catalogue raisonné 1932-1937, Paris 1996, no. 816
  • Catalogue raisonné: Investigation report University of the Arts Bern, dated 9 March 2022, available
  • Catalogue raisonné: Certificate from Irus Hansma, Muri, dated 22 March 2022, available
  • Claude Laugier/Michèle Richet, Léger, exhibition catalogue, Oeuvres de Fernand Léger, Paris 1981, pag. 74, reprod. fig. b (there with different size).
  • Exhibition
  • Paris 1935, Les expositions de "Beaux-Arts" & de "La Gazette des Beaux-Arts", Les créateurs du cubisme, cat. no. 102

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