Nature morte au livre
1928
An oil painting by Léger presenting a still life arrangement with a book as a central motif. The work exemplifies his Cubist approach to everyday objects.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Art Impressionniste et Moderne Evening Sale
March 25, 2021
Estimate: $1,200,000 to $1,800,000
Lot 34
Spotted works by Fernand Léger
Artists in conversation
Juan Gris
Spanish · b. 1887
Juan Gris frequently painted Cubist still lifes featuring books, bottles, and everyday objects arranged with bold geometric precision and flat interlocking planes, closely mirroring the formal vocabulary Léger employs in this work.
Georges Braque
French · b. 1882
Braque was a founding force of Cubism and devoted much of his career to still life compositions featuring books and tabletop objects rendered through fragmented geometric forms, directly paralleling the subject matter and structural approach of this painting.
Albert Gleizes
French · b. 1881
Gleizes worked within French Cubism and Modernism during the same 1920s period, building still life and figurative compositions from bold interlocking geometric shapes and flat color passages that share the same visual language as this Léger work.
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