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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1978.489
People
Fernand Léger, French (Argentan (Orne), France 1881 - 1955 Gif-sur-Yvette, France)
Title
Standing Female Figure
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1911
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/295502

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink on tan wove paper
Dimensions
32.1 x 24.8 cm (12 5/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: brown ink, lower center: F-L

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Private Collector, Ireland, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1978.

NOTE: Scholar Verane Tasseau suggests that this was included in the 4th Kahnweiler sale 7-8 May 1923, lot 68.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Accession Year
1978
Object Number
1978.489
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Modern Hieroglyphs: Gestural Drawing and the European Vanguard 1900-1918, Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, 01/27/1995 - 03/19/1995; Equitable Gallery, New York, 03/28/1995 - 05/06/1995
  • Fernand Léger: Contrasts of Forms, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/14/2007 - 06/10/2007

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