La Racine Grise (The Gray Root)

(After) Fernand Leger (1881 – 1955, France) “La Racine Grise” (The Gray Root) (circa 1953) Limited edition color lithograph (after the 1945 original oil on canvas painting), numbered 66/250 in pencil in the lower left margin; signed/dated ‘45 F. Leger’ in the lower right beneath the embossed blindstamp of Publisher Guy Spitzer, Paris (within the artwork.) The image is 19.25 x 25 inches, and the 22 x 28.25-inch sheet has been matted in suede and encased in a black wood frame measuring 25.25 x 31 inches. Large overlapping forms and the use of color create horizontal, vertical, and diagonal planes and movement in this abstract piece by the renowned French artist. Literary reference for this image is: Saphire, Lawrence. Fernand Leger, The Complete Graphic Work. 1978. Illustrated and detailed as cat no E 21 on pgs 290 and 291.

Condition: There are some foxing marks, stains, and a small hole in the margins of the sheet underneath the frame.