Study for "The Ball Bearing"

Provenance

Galerie Vavin, Paris; Private collection, Paris, by 1973, until at least 1989 [according to Cassou and Leymarie 1973; Jerusalem 1989 exh. cat.]. Sold, Sotheby’s, London, June 26, 1985, lot 361, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, Brookline, MA; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013.

Study for "The Ball Bearing"

Fernand Léger

1926

Accession Number

186107

Medium

Brush and black ink and gouache, over graphite, on cream laid paper with blue fibers, rubbed extensively with graphite on the verso

Dimensions

47.7 × 34.3 cm (18 13/16 × 13 9/16 in.)

Classification

prints and drawing

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection