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Fernand LÉGER (1881-1955) - Lot 171

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Result : 2 000EUR
Fernand LÉGER (1881-1955) - Lot 171
Fernand LÉGER (1881-1955) Maison au balcon, Set design for the Opéra Bolivar, 1949 Watercolor and India ink on paper. On back inscribed 19, Bolivar, Fernand Léger. 27 x 20.7 cm This work will be included in the Répertoire des œuvres sur papier de Fernand Léger being prepared by Mrs. Irus Hansma. A certificate from Mrs. Irus Hansma, dated June 1, 2022, will be given to the buyer. A certificate may be requested from the light committee at the purchaser's expense. The opera Bolivar, written in the United States around 1943 by Darius Milhaud, was inspired by the legendary hero Simon Bolivar, nicknamed El Libertador, who emancipated the peoples of Latin America from the yoke of Spanish colonization. Milhaud immediately thought of Léger to illustrate Jules Supervielle's libretto and design the models and sets, in a popular and lyrical style. The sets were created by Maurice Moulène, who kept the unnumbered sketches that were not used for the final staging. The gouaches presented in this sale come from the set kept by Moulène. Some of them are preliminary drafts of the larger gouaches kept at the Musée de l'Opéra de Paris.
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