1912
2nd Representation Window Simultaneity City 1st Part 3 Motifs (Three-Part Windows)
Robert DelaunayFrench, 1885 - 1941
The rainbow of colors and crystalline geometry of this painting suggest a landscape refracted through a prism. Slivers of the Eiffel Tower repeated across the top show Paris three times in a simultaneous, overlapping vista.
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Resources
Custom Prints for "Three-Part Windows" (53874)
Léger: Modern Art and the Metropolis
This resource guide to the exhibition, Léger: Modern Art and the Metropolis (on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from October 14, 2013, to January 5, 2014) captures the adventurous spirit of Paris in the 1920s through the eyes of painter Fernand Léger (fair-NAHND LE-zhey) and his contemporaries. Its four main themes are: The City in Painting, Advertising, The Performing Arts, and Architecture.
Custom Prints for "Three-Part Windows" (53874)
Léger: Modern Art and the Metropolis
This resource guide to the exhibition, Léger: Modern Art and the Metropolis (on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from October 14, 2013, to January 5, 2014) captures the adventurous spirit of Paris in the 1920s through the eyes of painter Fernand Léger (fair-NAHND LE-zhey) and his contemporaries. Its four main themes are: The City in Painting, Advertising, The Performing Arts, and Architecture.