Fernand Léger
Study for the Fireplace Mural at the Nelson Rockefeller Mansion, 810 Avenue, New York

Study for the Fireplace Mural at the Nelson Rockefeller Mansion, 810 Avenue, New York

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Study for the Fireplace Mural at the Nelson Rockefeller Mansion, 810 Avenue, New York
Study for the Fireplace Mural at the Nelson Rockefeller Mansion, 810 Avenue, New York
ArtistFrench, 1881–1955
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Study for the Fireplace Mural at the Nelson Rockefeller Mansion, 810 Avenue, New York
Date1938
MediumGouache and graphite on wove paper, laid on cardboard
DimensionsSheet: 11 × 7 1/2 in. (27.9 × 19.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach, Directors
Object number2020.156
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance[Lerner-Heller Gallery, New York]; [Christie's, New York, Impressionist and Modern Drawings and Watercolors sale, November 5, 1981, lot 426]; [Solomon and Company Fine Art, New York, by 1981]; Collection of Elaine Levy Proler, (1930-2019); Estate of Elaine Levy Proler, Houston, Texas; [New Orleans Auction Galleries, Fine Art Auction sale 2002, July 19, 2020, lot 217]; purchased by MFAH, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, bottom center: III
Verso [on frame backing]: Labels: Solomon & Co., New York and Lerner-Heller, New York

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