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Fernand Léger

Fernand Léger

Argentan, France · b. 1881 — d. 1955

Sculpture Den Kongelige Maleri- og Skulptursamling Den Kongelige Kobberstiksamling Modernism Object Record Structure: Whole Drawings Outdoor Sculpture

Fernand Léger French, 1881-1955

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Born 1881 — Died 1955

1900s

The Two Birds

The Two Birds

Kneeling Nude

Bird

Bird

Bridge

+1

1910s

Contrast of Forms

Contrast of Forms

Seated Nude

Exit the Ballets Russes

+34

1920s

The Red Table

The Red Table

Two Men

Compositional Study for Man with a Pipe

Compositional Study for Man with a Pipe

Viaduct

Viaduct

+47

1930s

The Accordionist

Les Objets à Réaction Poetique

Les Objets à Réaction Poetique

Fragment of a Nut

Composition

+15

1940s

Women and Birds

Women and Birds

Acrobats

Acrobats

Les saltimbanques

Les saltimbanques

Divers on a Yellow Background

Divers on a Yellow Background

+64

1950s

In-text plate (page 54) from Cirque (Circus)

Plate (page 72) from Cirque (Circus)

Plate (page 19) from Cirque (Circus)

Plate (page 30) from Cirque (Circus)

+111

Works

298 artworks

The Two Birds

The Two Birds

, 1901

Kneeling Nude

, 1907

Bridge

, 1908

Bird

, 1908

Table and Fruit

Table and Fruit

, 1909

Contrast of Forms

, 1912

Seated Nude

, 1913

Contrast of Forms

, 1913

Exit the Ballets Russes

, 1914

The Game of Cards

, 1916

Verdun, The Trench Diggers ( Verdun, les foreurs )

, 1916

Still Life

, 1917

Propellers

, 1918

J'ai tué

, 1918

Chapter title (folio 7) from La Fin du monde filmée par l'ange de N.-D. (The End of the World Filmed by the Angel of Notre Dame)

, 1919

Tailpiece (folio 13 verso) from La Fin du monde filmée par l'ange de N.-D. (The End of the World Filmed by the Angel of Notre Dame)

, 1919

Plate (folio 14 verso) from La Fin du monde filmée par l'ange de N.-D. (The End of the World Filmed by the Angel of Notre Dame)

, 1919

Back cover from La Fin du monde filmée par l'ange de N.-D. (The End of the World Filmed by the Angel of Notre Dame)

, 1919

Study

, 1919

Chapter title (folio 27) from La Fin du monde filmée par l'ange de N.-D. (The End of the World Filmed by the Angel of Notre Dame)

, 1919

In-text plate (folio 30) from La Fin du monde filmée par l'ange de N.-D. (The End of the World Filmed by the Angel of Notre Dame)

, 1919

Double page plate (folios 7 verso and 8) from La Fin du monde filmée par l'ange de N.-D. (The End of the World Filmed by the Angel of Notre Dame)

, 1919

Tailpiece (folio 6 verso) from La Fin du monde filmée par l'ange de N.-D. (The End of the World Filmed by the Angel of Notre Dame)

, 1919

La Fin du monde filmée par l'ange de N.-D. (The End of the World Filmed by the Angel of Notre Dame)

, 1919

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