The work, which was unknown, is titled “Fumées sur les toits”, smoke on the roofs. According to experts at Studio Redivivus, it was painted between 1911 and 1912. The painting was on the back of Léger's painting “Le 15 juillet”.
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The painting is a little damaged and covered with strong glue. Experts point out that the work marks a key turning point in Léger's work.
The director of the Redivivus restoration studio told AFP that “it really is a find”.
The painting will be exhibited from November 19th to April 2nd at the Kroller-Muller museum in the center of the Netherlands, in the exhibition of Léger's series of works on the roofs.
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Brazil
The French painter never came to Brazil and was one of the few internationally renowned modernists who maintained few ties with the country. Few and not none, since Léger had personal relations with Tarsila do Amaral on a trip that the artist took with Oswald de Andrade to Paris, in 1923. The couple went to the house of the poeThere's Blaise Cendrars, who spoke about some French personalities, including Fernand Léger. Tarsila then began to visit Léger's studio, acquired works and advertised the French to other Brazilians.
Tarsila acquired the work “A Cícara de Chá”, from 1921, which was exhibited in the Léger exhibition at the Pinacoteca de São Paulo.
Some works by the Frenchman, in the center of the photo, were part of the inaugural exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MAM), in 1949.
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