Photo © Nadeau's Auction Gallery — view this lot on Nadeau's Auction Gallery ↗Architectural Composition, 1950
Oil · Canvas
Nadeau's Auction Gallery · Sep 12, 2026Result not publishedAfter the artist
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Les oiseaux sur l’échelle
Fernand Léger (French, 1881–1955) · 1943
£75,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ $98,430≈ €87,330
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- Medium
- Gouache · Works on paper all gouache results →As published: “gouache on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed with the artist's initials and dated 'F.L. ’43' lower right
- Category
- Gouaches
- Dimensions
- 28 x 45.6 cm (11 x 17 7/8 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale (UK010219)
- Date
- March 7, 2019
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 122
- Estimate
- £50,000 – £70,000 (≈ $65,620 – $91,868) (≈ €58,220 – €81,508)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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