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7748 LA FRESNAYE, Roger de (1885-1925) "ESQUISSE POUR "LES FEUILLES BLANCHES" Ink wash: 10 x 8" dated 1921 Signed lower right A still life, study for the oil painting "Les Feuilles Blanches" painted in 1922, See reproductions in Nebelthau (19) and in Chadourne (21), p.523. A round table with loose leaves of paper on it, the center ones folded in a geometrical, cylinder-like form. A cloth is folded back loosely on the right of the table. In the background on the left is a window draped with curtains, to the side of which is a three-leaved screen. Collection: Paul Chadourne. Bibliography: Germain Seligman "Roger de la Fresnaye", 1945, catalogue no. 42, reproduced pl. xvii. Exhibited: Phillips Memorial Gallery, April-May 1943. "Roger de la Fresnaye", Arts Club of Chicago, D ec.3-27, 1945, no. 30. "Roger de la Fresnaye", Phillips Memorial Gallery, Washington Jan. 15-Feb. 15, 1944, no. 26 "Roger de la Fresnaye", Jacques Seligmann, N.Y., Oct. 30-Nov. 20, 1947, no. 20. 1. Nebelthau, E. Roger de la Fresnaye, Paris, 1935. 2. Chadourne, Paul. Notes sure Roger de la Fresnaye. Paris, 1928.