Fernand Léger - Trois femmes 1920

Fernand Léger - Trois femmes 1920

Trois femmes 1920
46x65cm oil/canvas
Sold for: USD 3.65 million
Auction house: Sotheby’s, London
Sale date: 28 February 2018
Seller: Private Collection
Buyer: Anonymous buyer

From Sotheby’s:
In Trois femmes, as in the other works from this series, the figures and objects are broken into curved, geometric forms set against a grid of horizontal and vertical lines of the background. Some are recognisable objects such as the table with a cup and a pitcher, while others are highly abstracted geometric forms. The women’s features are fragmented almost to the point of abstraction, devoid of any expression of personality, as the artist was interested in them as part of the composition, rather than in depicting them as individuals.