Abstractions: Two Works
1936
A gouache on paper work by Fernand Léger from 1936 presenting two abstract compositions. The work exemplifies Léger's distinctive modernist style combining geometric forms with bold colors.
- Medium
- gouache on paper mounted on card
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Modern Day Auction
November 17, 2021
Estimate: $100,000 to $150,000
Lot 130
Spotted works by Fernand Léger
Artists in conversation
Robert Delaunay
French · b. 1885
Delaunay shared Léger's commitment to bold geometric abstraction and vibrant color relationships in gouache and paper works, developing Orphism which closely parallels the modernist visual language seen in this 1936 piece.
Auguste Herbin
French · b. 1882
Herbin produced geometric abstract compositions in gouache with the same saturated bold colors and clean angular forms that define this Léger work, situating him squarely within the same French modernist geometric tradition.
Jean Hélion
French · b. 1904
Hélion worked in the 1930s with abstract geometric compositions on paper featuring interlocking color planes and modernist formal vocabulary that closely resembles the compositional approach Léger demonstrates in this 1936 gouache.
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