Composition
Fernand Léger, French, 1881 - 1955
Geography:
Made in France, Europe
Date:
1923-1927Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
50 1/2 x 38 1/4 inches (128.3 x 97.2 cm)Copyright:
© 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, ParisCuratorial Department:
European Painting
1952-61-63Credit Line:
A. E. Gallatin Collection, 1952
Made in France, Europe
Date:
1923-1927Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
50 1/2 x 38 1/4 inches (128.3 x 97.2 cm)Copyright:
© 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, ParisCuratorial Department:
European Painting
* Gallery 188, Modern and Contemporary Art, first floor (Brodsky Gallery)
Accession Number:1952-61-63Credit Line:
A. E. Gallatin Collection, 1952
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Provenance
With Léonce Rosenberg, Galerie L'Effort Moderne, Paris, 1927 [1]; A. E. Gallatin, New York, by the end of 1934, probably during the summer [2]; bequest to PMA, 1952. 1. Label on verso with date 1927 and stock no. 8913; also a label reading "Léger/Gallatin/Remise/Rosenberg" (Léonce Rosenberg, owner of Galerie L'Effort Moderne). 2. See Gail Stavitsky, The Development, Institutionalization, and Impact of the A. E. Gallatin Collection of Modern Art [Ph.D. dissertation, New York University], 1990, v. 1, p. 267-268.* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit.
