Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Fernand Léger's Étude pour 'La Femme en Bleu' sold this evening at Sotheby's in New York for $39,241,000


FERNAND LÉGER
ÉTUDE POUR 'LA FEMME EN BLEU'
51"x38" oil on canvas 1912-13
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 39,241,000 USD

Fernand Léger's Étude pour 'La Femme en Bleu' sold this evening at Sotheby's in New York for $39,241,000. Painted shortly before the outbreak of World War I, Léger's painting is a masterful composition of blues and silvers.


More at: Sotheby's Video

posted by Gregg Chadwick at 8:24 PM

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