Fernand LÉGER
L'une des plus sublimes lettres de Fernand Léger
One of the most magnificent letters by Fernand Leger
La Maison-Forestière 28 mai 1915|13.40 x 21.30 cm|4 pp. sur un feuillet double
One of the most magnificent letters by Fernand Léger
La Maison-Forestière (Argonne) 28 mai 1915, 13,4 x 21,3 cm, loose leaves
A fabulous handwritten letter by the painter Fernand Léger, written on the front line during the Battle of Argonne, addressed to the Parisian art trader Adolphe Basler.
92 lines in black ink, four pages on a double leaf, dated 28 May 1915 by Léger.
The handwritten letter is presented with a half forest green morocco chemise, green paper boards with a stylised motif, endpapers lined with green lamb, slip case lined with the same morocco, the piece is signed by Goy & Vilaine.
The letter was chosen for Cécile Guilbert's anthology, Les Plus Belles Lettres manuscrites de Voltaire à Édith Piaf, Robert Laffont, 2014.
€10,000