THEO VAN RYSSELBERGHE “Valasquez” Equestrian Portrait

Fernand Léger 1881-1955 French “Etude de Femme” Gouache, black ink, wash and pencil on paper 16 1/8” x 12 3/8” (41 x 31.4cm) Signed with the initials and dated ‘FL.37’ (lower right). Year: 1937 Provenance: Perls galleries, New York (13341). Exhibited: London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Fenand Légar: The later years, Nov. 1987-Feb. 1988, Catalogue no. 66, pl 24 Illustrated in color). This exhibition later travelled to Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie, March-June 1988. 30,000-40,000BP US$45,000 -60,000 Est. as of June, 2000