Saphire. p. 238-239 & 286-87. Plate 15, of the 29 compositions from La Ville. Proof aside from the total edition of 200. Printed by Mourlot Frères.

Fernand Leger (1881 - 1955). Fernand Léger was a French Impressionist & Modern artist who was born in 1881.

This lithograph is from the portfolio entitled "La Ville" (The City) which consists of 29 lithographs featuring scenes of people, life and emotions of Paris. The edition was composed of 180 numbered works and a further 20 H.C. proofs numbered in Roman numerals. There were a further 4 printer's proofs of each image.

The artist had started the project in 1954 but unfortunately passed away in the summer of 1955. His wife, along with Fernand Mourlot and the publisher Teriade, assembled the rest of Leger's studies and finished plates to complete the project and it was eventually printed and released in 1959, four years after his death.