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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.90
People
Fernand Léger, French (Argentan (Orne), France 1881 - 1955 Gif-sur-Yvette, France)
Title
Composition
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1936
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227566

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
36.8 x 44.8 cm (14 1/2 x 17 5/8 in.)
framed: 57.3 x 65.2 x 4.5 cm (22 9/16 x 25 11/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r.: F. Leger

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Douglas Cooper, London; to [Mayor Gallery, London], sold; to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gershinowitz, New York, New York, 1953, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1960.

NOTE: Provenance from letter in curatorial file, Harold Gershinowitz to John P. Coolidge, dated 5 February 1960.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gershinowitz
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.90
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Caroline A. Jones, Modern Art at Harvard: The Formation of the Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums (New York, NY and Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press, 1985). With an essay by John Coolidge and a preface by John M. Rosenfield. To accompany the inaugural exhibition at the Sackler Museum, Oct 21 1985 - Jan 5 1986, p. 68, fig. 60, ill. (color)

Exhibition History

  • Masterpieces of European Art, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 06/22/1985 - 09/15/1985
  • Modern Art at Harvard, Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, 07/31/1999 - 09/26/1999; Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa, 10/09/1999 - 11/14/1999; Matsuzakaya Art Museum, Nagoya, 12/02/1999 - 12/27/1999; Oita City Museum, Oita, 01/06/2000 - 02/06/2000; Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, Ibaraki, 02/11/2000 - 03/26/2000
  • Fernand Léger: Contrasts of Forms, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/14/2007 - 06/10/2007
  • Re-View: European and American Art Since 1900, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/03/2011 - 06/01/2013
  • 32Q: 1310 Surrealism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/09/2016 - 10/17/2019

Verification Level

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