Deux Femmes (Two Women)

Fernand Leger (1881 – 1955, French) “Deux Femmes” (Two Women with Vase) Limited edition color lithograph, initialed (F.L.) in the stone, numbered 341/500 in pencil in the left margin, with faded signature stamp in the lower right margin, next to the blind stamp of the Musee Fernand Leger, Biot. The sheet measures 26.5 x 21 inches and is enclosed in a frame under glass measuring 27.5 x 22 inches. (Not examined outside the frame). The Naïve Art (Primitivism) image is ‘after’ a 1950 gouache and watercolor work as well as a sketch and study titled, “Anniversaire” (Birthday, Two Women). CONDITION: Small tideline stains lower sheet edge, speckles and streaks mainly on the right side, otherwise in apparently good, aged condition.