Auction sale reference

Etude pour Les constructeurs, fond bleu

Sold for $11,801,000 at Christie's on Nov 6, 2007.

Modernist painting of construction workers carrying a beam amid machinery.

Lot description

Fernand Leger (1881-1955) Etude pour Les constructeurs, fond bleu signed and dated 'F.Leger 50' (lower right); signed and dated again and titled 'Esquisse pour le tableau definitif F. Leger 51' (on the reverse) oil on canvas 51 x 35 in. (129.5 x 88.9 cm.) Painted in 1950-1951

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