- Design Credit: Samantha Todhunter Design Ltd., Photo Credit: Oliver Clarke. Dimensions: H 22.05 in. x W 14.97 in.
- Design Credit: Lucy Harris Studio, Photo Credit: Francesco Bertocci. Dimensions: H 22.05 in. x W 14.97 in.
- Design Credit: Timothy Godbold, Photo Credit: Karl Simone. Dimensions: H 22.05 in. x W 14.97 in.
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Fernand LégerNo title1950ca
1950ca

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- CreatorFernand Léger (1881-1955, French)
- Creation Year1950ca
- DimensionsHeight: 22.05 in. (56 cm)Width: 14.97 in. (38 cm)
- Medium
- Movement & Style
- Period
- ConditionTear of 1 cm in the upper right margin. Yellowed paper. Otherwise in good condition.
- Gallery LocationParis, FR
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- ShippingCustoms Duties & Taxes May Apply.Ships From: PARIS, France
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About the Artist
Fernand Léger
A painter as well as a filmmaker, illustrator, stage-set designer, ceramicist and printmaker, Fernand Léger was one of the most prolific artists of the first half of the 20th century. His early mature work as a Cubist was marked by the use of bold colors and contrasts and a visual vocabulary inspired by industrial technology. In his later career, Léger turned to idiomatic, almost naïve depictions of human figures, in a belief that his work should be accessible to ordinary people and relevant to their lives.
Born in Normandy, the son of a cattle trader, Léger worked as an architectural draftsman in Paris while studying art. By 1908 he was a member of an artistic circle that included Marc Chagall, Robert Delaunay, sculptor Jacques Lipchitz, and the poet Guillaume Appolinaire, and through them he became connected to the Cubists. As opposed to the flat planes and neutral hues seen in the paintings of Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, Léger’s Cubist abstractions were devised with vivid colors and forms that had dimensionality. Soon after his army service in World War I — he was gassed at the Battle of Verdun — Léger entered his “mechanical” period. Convinced that technology would improve the human condition, he painted compositions of tubular shapes and cylinders that are reminiscent of machine parts. In other work, Léger sought to capture the bustle and brio of modern life with references to railroad stations, factories, street signs and billboards.
Léger had also emerged from the trenches with a deep concern to make his art engage the sorts of men and women he had met during the war. He sought to bring his work to a wider audience through film, theater sets and book illustrations. In the 1920s, influenced by Purism — a variant on Cubism that promoted a simpler and more direct approach to forms and compositions — Léger produced a series of paintings depicting everyday objects: a soda siphon, an accordion, a guitar and vase. The human figure returned to his work. By 1930, pure abstraction disappeared almost completely from Léger’s art in favor of simple studies of people. Their boldly outlined forms, placed against a bright background, can be regarded as an assemblage of parts — yet in these representations of dancers, acrobats and folks on bicycles, Léger seems to be articulating a kind of kinship and affection. You will see from the works on offer why Fernand Léger is often regarded as the warmest and most humane of the great modern artists.
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- ConstructionBy Fernand LégerLocated in Paris, FRSilksreen, 1954 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 70/200 Catalog : Saphire E6 38.00 cm. x 54.00 cm. | 14.96 in. x 21.26 in. (paper) 25.00 cm. x 28.00 cm. | 9.84 in. x 1...Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Prints
MaterialsSilk
- Bonne pensée du matinBy Fernand LégerLocated in Paris, FRStencil, 1949 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 248/395 Signed in pencil. Taken from the suite "Les Illuminations". Publisher : Grosclaude, Editions des Gaules, Lausan...Category
1940s Abstract Abstract Prints
MaterialsStencil
- Album de 10 sérigraphiesBy Fernand LégerLocated in Paris, FRLithograph, 1951 Edition : 57/200 Publisher : Guilde internationale de la Gravure (Genève) Printer : Jean Bruller (Paris) Catalog : Sapphire E7 56.00 cm. x 38.00 cm. 22.05 in. x 14....Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Prints
MaterialsLithograph
Price Upon Request - Composition on a yellow backgroundBy Fernand LégerLocated in Paris, FRLithograph, 1954 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 59/75 Publisher : Galerie Louise Leiris (Paris) Printer : Mourlot (Paris) Catalog : Saphire 138 50.00 cm. x 65.00 cm....Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Composition on a yellow backgroundBy Fernand LégerLocated in Paris, FRLithograph, 1954 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 4/75 Publisher : Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris Printer : Mourlot, Paris Catalog : Saphire 138 50.00 cm. x 65.00 cm. | ...Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Head and cactusBy Fernand LégerLocated in Paris, FRLithograph, 1954 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 159/200 Publisher : Jean Bruller, Paris Printer : Jean Bruller Catalog : Saphire E9 38.00 cm. x 56.00 cm. | 14.96 in....Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Prints
MaterialsLithograph
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