Harvard Art Museums > 1978.488: Study for "The Card Players"; verso: The Wrecked Airplane Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Study for "The Card Players"; verso: The Wrecked Airplane (Fernand Léger) , 1978.488,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 28, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/296026. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1978.488 People Fernand Léger, French (Argentan (Orne), France 1881 - 1955 Gif-sur-Yvette, France) Title Study for "The Card Players"; verso: The Wrecked Airplane Other Titles Original Language Title: Dessin pour "la partie de carte"; verso: Abstraction Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date c. 1916-1917 Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/296026 Physical Descriptions Medium Graphite and black and brown wash on white wove paper; verso: watercolor and graphite Dimensions actual: 56.5 x 38 cm (22 1/4 x 14 15/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Private Collector, Ireland, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1978. 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 1978.488 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. Descriptions Description Verso is horizontal. Publication History James Harper, Verso: The Flip Side of Master Drawings, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2001), cat. no. 25, repr. in color (recto and verso), p. 16 Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums Annual Report 2000-2001 (Cambridge, MA, 2002), verso repr. p. 37 Exhibition History Cubism: Explorations and Adaptations, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 09/18/1982 - 10/26/1982 Verso: The Flip Side of Master Drawings, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/19/2001 - 08/12/2001 Fernand Léger: Contrasts of Forms, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/14/2007 - 06/10/2007 HAA 10 Survey Course: The Western Tradition, Art Since the Renaissance, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/09/2008 - 03/02/2008 HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 08 Rotation 1), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/13/2008 - 10/19/2008 HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 09 Rotation 1), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/02/2009 - 10/12/2009 Modern Art and Modernity, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2013 - 06/01/2013 32Q: 1300 Early Modernism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2021 - 03/28/2022 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
