FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955) MURAL COMPOSITION, CIRCA 1950 Gouache on paper Signed with the artist's initials lower left Gouache on paper; signed with the artist's initials lower left 30 X 23 CM - 11 3/8 X 9 IN. The Léger Committee has confirmed the authenticity of this work. A notice of inclusion in the Léger Committee archives, dated April 5, 2024, will be issued to the buyer. "The easel painting continues its journey... But there's one thing that's becoming increasingly important, and that's the demand for "murals". It lost its frame, its small volume, its mobile and individual quality to adapt to the wall in liaison with an architect who commissioned it... Mock-ups were made, a collective choice was made and the work became a craft, in the form of mosaics, frescoes, stained glass or adaptive painting... " Fernand Léger, La peinture moderne devant le monde actuel, lecture given at La Maison de la Pensée française in 1952, published in Les Lettres françaises, XI n°405, March 1952.