Tag: Léger

Rimbaud (1948)

Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Rimbaud 1948 Watercolor on heavy white wove paper, 33.7 × 26 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit See also: • Rimbaud, Arthur (1854-1891)

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Femme au vase (1924)

Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Femme au vase (Woman with vase) 1924 Oil on canvas, 92 x 65 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen A woman with a red vase in her arms is depicted strictly frontally and with a linear precision that…

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Kiki de Montparnasse

(1901–1953) Alice Ernestine Prin Le Violon d’Ingres, photograph by Man Ray (1924) Kiki in Art: Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Testa di donna 1915 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid   Born October 2 1901 Châtillon-sur-Seine (France) Died March 23 1953 Paris (France) Occupation Actress Art Model Occupation Painter…

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ABC (1927)

Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) ABC 1927 Gouache on paper, 19.4 × 27.8 cm Tate Britain, London ABC is a preparatory study in gouache for the oil painting Nature morte A.B.C., 1927, given by Léger’s art dealer Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler to the Musée Fernand…

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Les femmes au perroquet (1952)

Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Les femmes au perroquet (Women with a Parrot) 1952 Lithograph printed in 8 (?) colors on Arches paper, 41.2 x 59.6 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton

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Composition (1953)

Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Composition 1953 Color lithograph on cream wove paper, 55.9 x 75.6 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester

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