Projet de costume: Création du Monde. 1923.
Watercolor and ink over pencil on ruled paper.
Lower right monogrammed. Inscribed with the estate number "N°G. 386-1" and titled on the reverse by a hand other than that of the artist. 22 x 17 cm (8.6 x 6.6 in).
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• Bird of paradise in Léger's characteristic style.
• Costume design for the ballet "La Création du Monde".
• 100 years ago, on October 25, 1923, the piece premiered at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées.

With an authentication issued by the Comité Léger, Paris. The work will be included into the online catalogue raisonné of works on paper aufgenommen.

PROVENANCE: Nadia Léger (artist's wife), Paris.
Pierre Cardin, Paris.
Private collection Portugal.
Corporate Collection Ahlers AG, Herford.

EXHIBITION: Espace Cardin, Paris, 1970.

LITERATURE: Tajan, Paris, auction 9726, Dessins Modernes, May 3, 2012, lot 258.