Harvard Art Museums > 1960.90: Composition Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Composition (Fernand Léger) , 1960.90,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 01, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/227566. This object does not yet have a description. 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 Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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 This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu