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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

Bridge

Bird

Bird

+1

1910s

Smoke over Rooftops

Smoke over Rooftops

Contrast of Forms

Contrast of Forms

Seated Nude

+36

1920s

Compositional Study for Man with a Pipe

Compositional Study for Man with a Pipe

Composition with Two People

Composition with Two People

Still Life on Round Table

Still Life on Round Table

The Red Table

The Red Table

+48

1930s

The Accordionist

Les Objets à Réaction Poetique

Les Objets à Réaction Poetique

Foot and Hands ( Pied et mains )

Hands and Foot

Hands and Foot

+15

1940s

Women and Birds

Women and Birds

Acrobats

Acrobats

Les saltimbanques

Les saltimbanques

The Divers

+64

1950s

Plate (page 34) from Cirque (Circus)

Plate (page 72) from Cirque (Circus)

Plate (page 19) from Cirque (Circus)

Plate (page 30) from Cirque (Circus)

+113

Works

303 artworks

The Two Birds

The Two Birds

, 1901

Kneeling Nude

, 1907

Bridge

, 1908

Bird

, 1908

Table and Fruit

Table and Fruit

, 1909

Smoke over Rooftops

Smoke over Rooftops

, 1911

Contrast of Forms

, 1912

Contrast of Forms

, 1913

Seated Nude

, 1913

Exit the Ballets Russes

, 1914

The Game of Cards

, 1916

Verdun, The Trench Diggers ( Verdun, les foreurs )

, 1916

Still Life

, 1917

J'ai tué

, 1918

Propellers

, 1918

Study

, 1919

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

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

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

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

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

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

Plate (folio 26 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

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