Le Typographe (The Typographer)
Finding on the reverse:
On the canvas entire upper half signature: „Le Typographe / 2e etat / F. Leger / 19“, in front of it a round stamp: “Paris” (rest illegible), to the right of the signature also a round stamp: “Douane” (rest illegible), at the bottom left an indefinable mark in black, on the stretcher at the top left a yellowed rectangular sticker: “Moderna Museet / Stockholm 100 / Sweden“ / handwritten „7“ (crossed out), next to it „6”, to the right a yellowed rectangular sticker: „Galerie Louis Carré / 10, Avenue de Messine, Paris-8e / Fernand Léger / Le typographe / Peinture, 1919 / 81 cm x 65 cm“, to the right a yellowed rectangular sticker: „Louis Carré Gallery / 712 Fith Avenue, New York 19, N.../ Fernand Leger # 62 / Le typographe / Peinture 1919 / 81 cm x 65 cm / .../8 x 25‘ 5/8 (inches)“, next to it a yellowed rectangular, partially torn off sticker: „Musée des Arts Décoratifs / Palais du Louvre, pavillon de Marsan / Exposition F. Léger / Juin-Octobre 1956 / Titre: Le Typographe 1919 / Dimensions: 81 x 65 / No. 29 du catalogue“, at the top right a white rectangular sticker: „Réunion des Musées Nationaux / Fernand Léger - Grand Palais / 16 Octobre 1971 - 10 Janvier 1972 / Titre de l'oeuvre: Le typographe (2ème etat) / Propriétaire: Staatsgalerie moderner Kunst, Munich / No. Du Catalogue: 42“, below centre handwritten in red: “G 38”, below centre handwritten in black: “R-17”, lower left label BStGS: „Inv.- No. GV 16“, a yellowed rectangular sticker with rounded corners at the top of the vertical central strut; „The Tate Gallery / Lender: Heinz Berggruen / Address: Paris / Artist: Leger / Title: Le Typographe (2me Etat, 1919) / Exhibition: Leger and Purist Paris / Dates: 18 Nov. - 24 Jan. / Cat. No.: 17“, on the horizontal centre bar on the left and right in white chalk: „13“, on the frame on the lower left label frame BStGS: „Rahmennummer R 2530“, below handwritten in white chalk: „R 2530“, on the right handwritten in yellow chalk: „zu GV 16“
1919 - without date. Galerie Léonce Rosenberg, Paris, acquired from the artist;
n.d. - n.d., whereabouts unknown;
n.d., 1948 at the latest - without date, Louis Carré, Paris;
n.d. - 1971, Heinz Berggruen (1914 - 2007), Paris, arranged for Louis Carré;
since 1971, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich, acquired on permanent loan from the former Galerie-Verein, now PIN. Friends of the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
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