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Still Life With Profile (Nature Morte Au Profil)

Object Details

Artist
Fernand Léger, French, b. Argentan, 1881–1955
Date
1928
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
29 X 36 3/8 IN. (73.5 X 92.3 CM.)
Collection Object Type
Painting
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981
Accession Number
86.2904

Paul Rosenberg, Paris and New York, by 1937 - ca. 1951
New Gallery, New York, by 1951-10 December 1959 (acquired from Paul Rosenberg)
Saidenberg Gallery, New York, 10 December 1959-12 December 1967
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 12 December 1967-31 August 1981
Estate of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1981-1986
Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981
PAUL ROSENBERG GALLERY, Paris. "Exposition D'Œuvres De Leger," 5-27 February 1937, checklist no. 23, n.p.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Selections from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest," 7 August-16 November 1986, no. 55
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Comparisons: An Exercise in Looking," 11 December 1990-21 April 1991, ill. on brochure.

COOPER, DOUGLAS. Fernand Leger et le Nouvel Espace (Geneva: Editions des Trois Collines, 1949), ill. p. 111, p. 192 (wrong dimensions).
BAUQUIER, GEORGES. Fernand Léger: catalogue raisonné: le catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, vol. 3 (Paris: A. Maeght, 1990), no. 581, ill. pp. 310-311.

Signature
Signed LR In Oil: F. Leger. 28: On Back In Charcoal, UL: ..... F. Leger. 28
Inscriptions
Inscribed On Back In Charcoal, UL: Nature-Morte/F. Leger. 28

Museum
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Alternate Title
Still Life (Nature Motrte)
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