Fernand Léger Art
French, 1881-1955
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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Artist: Fernand Léger
Composition (Saphire 24-38), Les Illuminations, Fernand Léger
By Fernand Léger
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on papier vélin teinté, fait a la main paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Les Illuminations, 1949. Published by...
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1940s Modern Fernand Léger Art
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Lithograph
Composition (Saphire 24-38), Les Illuminations, Fernand Léger
By Fernand Léger
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on papier vélin teinté, fait a la main paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Les Illuminations, 1949. Published by...
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1940s Modern Fernand Léger Art
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Lithograph
original lithograph
By Fernand Léger
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This was first executed for XXe Siecle in 1952; this impression is from the second printing in 1971 (Homage to Leger), also published by XXe Siecle. Shee...
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1970s Fernand Léger Art
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Lithograph
Architectural Composition
By Fernand Léger
Located in Austin, TX
By Fernand Léger
Medium: Mixed Media on Paper
Size: 28" x 21"
Framed Size: 39.25" x 32"
An glorious example of a Master Cubist, Fernand Léger, featuring bold primaries and stately s...
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Early 20th Century Cubist Fernand Léger Art
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Archival Paper, Gouache
Still life with Blue Pitcher and Fruits - Lithograph and Stencil, 1950
By Fernand Léger
Located in Paris, IDF
Fernand LÉGER
Still life with Blue Pitcher and Fruits, c. 1950
Original lithograph and stencil (Jacomet workshop)
Printed signature in the plate
On paper 43 x 33 cm (c. 17 x 13 Inc...
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1950s Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
The city, Woman powdering herself - Original lithograph, HANDSIGNED, 1959
By Fernand Léger
Located in Paris, IDF
Fernand Léger
Woman powdering herself, 1959
Original lithograph (Atelier Mourlot)
Signed with the artist's stamp
Limited to 180 copies (Here numbered 160)
On Arches vellum 66 x 50....
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1950s Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
Fernand Leger-Le Jeu (The Game)
By Fernand Léger
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This reproduction lithograph, titled Le Jeu by Fernand Léger, is a beautifully crafted piece printed on high-quality ARCHES paper. Originally created in 1948, this lithograph capture...
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20th Century Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
Les Constructeurs, Modern Colorful Lithograph by Fernand Leger
By Fernand Léger
Located in Long Island City, NY
Les Constructeurs
Fernand Leger, French (1881–1955)
Date: 1955
Lithograph on Johannot Wove Paper (unsigned)
Image Size: 17 x 23 inches
Size: 19.5 x 25 in. (49.53 x 63.5 cm)
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1950s Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
Composition, Cirque (Saphire, N° 44-106)
By Fernand Léger
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cirque, Lithographies Originales. Published by Les Éditions Verve, Paris, under the direction of Tériade, éditeur, Paris; printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris, October 5, 1950. Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), "Cirque" is entirely composed, handwritten text and illustrations, of original lithographs by Fernand Léger. This album was produced by Fernand Léger with the collaboration of Tériade and Marguerite Lang. It was completed printing on the presses de Mourlot Frères, on October 5, 1950, for Les Éditions Verve, Paris. The edition of this album includes two CCLXXX examples numbered from I to CCLXXX and XX hors-commerce examples. Numbered from I to XX. All examples, on vélin d'Arches, are signed by the artist [on the colophon].
Catalogue raisonné reference: Léger, F., & Saphire, L. (1978). Fernand Léger : the complete graphic work. Blue Moon Press, 44-106.
History of the edition: Cirque was originally conceived as a collaboration between Fernand Léger and the novelist Henry Miller. At a time when the two were interested in working together, the publisher Efstratios Tériade Léger approached Leger to make prints for an artist’s book. Tériade hoped to publish a series of such books with the circus as the theme. Léger was a circus enthusiast who often used circus images in his paintings. He often went to the Cirque Médrano in Paris and the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus...
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1950s Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
Composition, Cirque (Saphire, N° 44-106)
By Fernand Léger
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cirque, Lithographies Originales. Published by Les Édition...
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1950s Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
Composition, Cirque (Saphire, N° 44-106)
By Fernand Léger
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cirque, Lithographies Originales. Published by Les Édition...
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1950s Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
Tete de Femme - Etching by Fernand Léger - 1949
By Fernand Léger
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and drypoint realied by Léger in 1952.
Artist proof our of and edition of 100.
Hand signed in pencil lower right.
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1940s Cubist Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Etching
The Elegant Lovers - Lithograph and Stencil, 1959
By Fernand Léger
Located in Paris, IDF
Fernand LÉGER
The elegant lovers , 1959
Original lithograph and stencil
Printed signature in the plate
On vellum Auvergne 50,2 x 40 cm (c. 19,7 x 15,7 Inches)
Published in 1959, under the control of the wife of the artist, Nadia Léger...
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1950s Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
Nature morte au pot
By Fernand Léger
Located in Ottikon, CH
Provenance:
-Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (stock number 09874, photo number 30356 according to the label on the back)
-Finarte auction Milan, March 9, 1971, lot 81
Purchased by the f...
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Mid-20th Century Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Marie l'acrobate" L'Atelier Mourlot by Fernand Leger, 1984
By Fernand Léger
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Fernand Leger
Medium: Lithographic Poster, 1984
Dimensions: 28.5 x 20.5 in, 72.4 x 52.1 cm
Classic Poster Paper - Perfect Condition A+
This colorful lithographic poster w...
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1980s Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
Serigraphie Fernand Leger
By Fernand Léger
Located in Belgrade, MT
This print is part of my private collection. They were published in a numbered unsigned edition of 1000, and a signed edition of 200, printed by Serifraphie Fernand Leger, Paris and ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
The city, The Viaduct - Original lithograph, HANDSIGNED, 1959
By Fernand Léger
Located in Paris, IDF
Fernand Léger
The Viaduct, 1959
Original lithograph (Atelier Mourlot)
Signed with the artist's stamp
Limited to 180 copies (Here numbered 160)
On Arches vellum 66 x 50.5 cm (c. 25....
Category
1950s Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
Composition, Cirque (Saphire, N° 44-106)
By Fernand Léger
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cirque, Lithographies Originales. Published by Les Édition...
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1950s Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
Chair, Hat and Cow - Lithograph and Stencil, 1959
By Fernand Léger
Located in Paris, IDF
Fernand LÉGER
Chair, Hat and Cow, 1959
Original lithograph and stencil
Printed signature in the plate
On vellum Auvergne 38,9 x 50 cm (c. 15,3 x 19,6 Inches)
Published in 1959, under the control of the wife of the artist, Nadia Léger...
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1950s Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
Composition, Cirque (Saphire, N° 44-106)
By Fernand Léger
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cirque, Lithographies Originales. Published by Les Édition...
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1950s Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
Composition (Saphire 24-38), Les Illuminations, Fernand Léger
By Fernand Léger
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on papier vélin teinté, fait a la main paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Les Illuminations, 1949. Published by...
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1940s Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
Still life with Journal and Flowers - Lithograph and Stencil, 1959
By Fernand Léger
Located in Paris, IDF
Fernand LÉGER
Still life with Journal and Flowers, 1959
Original lithograph and stencil
Printed signature in the plate
On vellum Auvergne 50,2 x 40 cm (c. 19,7 x 15,7 Inches)
Publ...
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1950s Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
Composition, Cirque (Saphire, N° 44-106)
By Fernand Léger
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cirque, Lithographies Originales. Published by Les Édition...
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1950s Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
Composition (Saphire 24-38), Les Illuminations, Fernand Léger
By Fernand Léger
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on papier vélin teinté, fait a la main paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Les Illuminations, 1949. Published by...
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1940s Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
Composition sur fond jaune
By Fernand Léger
Located in Palo Alto, CA
utting a new spin on one of his favorite subjects, Léger here depicts tree trunks and logs as objects in space rather than related to the ground. The gnarled branches form an abstract still-life composition, twisting and turning in unanticipated directions. The earthy browns, greens, and yellows contrast with the bold black outlines. The logs appear as though arranged on a platter, presented to the viewer for contemplation. An intriguing aspect of this piece is the tiny box...
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1950s Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
Tea Time : The Samovar - Lithograph and Stencil, 1959
By Fernand Léger
Located in Paris, IDF
Fernand LÉGER
Tea Time : The Samovar, 1959
Original lithograph and stencil
Printed signature in the plate
On vellum Auvergne 38,9 x 50 cm (c. 15,3 x 19,6 Inches)
Published in 1959...
Category
1950s Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
Composition (Saphire 24-38), Les Illuminations, Fernand Léger
By Fernand Léger
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on papier vélin teinté, fait a la main paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Les Illuminations, 1949. Published by...
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1940s Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
1953 poster for Sculptures Polychromes by Fernand Léger at Galerie Louis Carré
By Fernand Léger
Located in PARIS, FR
The 1953 exhibition poster for Sculptures Polychromes by Fernand Léger at Galerie Louis Carré stands as a testament to the artist’s vibrant foray into three-dimensional art. Renowned...
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1950s Fernand Léger Art
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Paper, Lithograph
1956 numbered Lithography by Fernand Léger for the Musée des Arts Décoratifs
By Fernand Léger
Located in PARIS, FR
This 1956 lithograph numbered 307/450 by Fernand Léger for the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, taken from a work dating from 1924 and printed by Mourlot, is a remarkable example of art co...
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1950s Cubist Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Composition (Saphire 24-38), Les Illuminations, Fernand Léger
By Fernand Léger
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on papier vélin teinté, fait a la main paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Les Illuminations, 1949. Published by...
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1940s Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
1956 Fernand Leger Mourlot Exhibition Poster
By Fernand Léger
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
76 x 52 cm. Printed by Fernand Mourlot on rag paper watermarked "Mourlot." A condition. Not in Saphire. .Fernand Mourlot was born in Paris in 1895. He grew up in the family print shop but it wasn't until he took over in the early 1920s that he would change the fabric of printing forever. His influence fostered a resurgence of lithography, revealing it as a new avenue for expression and a new realm of possibilities for likes of Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall, Joan Miró, Georges Braque, Fernand Léger, and Alberto Giacometti to enrich their own work as well as fine art in general. Fernand cultivated the lithograph as a painter's medium and the family studio on Rue Chabrol became a hub where he could invite artists to work directly on the stone, as if creating a poster. In 1937, the studio produced two posters (based on paintings by Matisse...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Composition (Saphire 24-38), Les Illuminations, Fernand Léger
By Fernand Léger
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on papier vélin teinté, fait a la main paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Les Illuminations, 1949. Published by...
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1940s Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
The city, The roofs - Original lithograph, HANDSIGNED, 1959
By Fernand Léger
Located in Paris, IDF
Fernand Léger
The roofs, 1959
Original lithograph (Atelier Mourlot)
Signed with the artist's stamp
Limited to 180 copies (Here numbered 160)
On Arches vellum 66 x 50.5 cm (c. 25.9 ...
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1950s Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
Composition, Cirque (Saphire, N° 44-106)
By Fernand Léger
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cirque, Lithographies Originales. Published by Les Édition...
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1950s Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
Composition, Cirque (Saphire, N° 44-106)
By Fernand Léger
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cirque, Lithographies Originales. Published by Les Édition...
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1950s Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
Composition, Cirque (Saphire, N° 44-106)
By Fernand Léger
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cirque, Lithographies Originales. Published by Les Édition...
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1950s Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
No title
By Fernand Léger
Located in Paris, FR
Silksreen
Handsigned by the artist in pencil
After a gouache.
Edition : 113/200
Printer : Jean Bruller (Paris)
Catalog : Saphire E10
56.00 cm. x 38.00 cm. 22.05 in. x 14.96 in. (pa...
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1950s Abstract Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Silk
Composition, Cirque (Saphire, N° 44-106)
By Fernand Léger
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cirque, Lithographies Originales. Published by Les Édition...
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1950s Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
Composition, Cirque (Saphire, N° 44-106)
By Fernand Léger
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cirque, Lithographies Originales. Published by Les Édition...
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1950s Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
Composition, Cirque (Saphire, N° 44-106)
By Fernand Léger
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cirque, Lithographies Originales. Published by Les Édition...
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1950s Modern Fernand Léger Art
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Lithograph
Le campeur
By Fernand Léger
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1976
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 2/50
Publisher : Musée Biot
Printer : Mourlot (Paris)
90.00 cm. x 65.50 cm. 35.43 in. x 25.79 in. (paper)
65.50 cm. ...
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1970s Abstract Fernand Léger Art
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Lithograph
Construction
By Fernand Léger
Located in Paris, FR
Silksreen, 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 11....
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1950s Abstract Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Silk
Les Papillons, Modern Colorful Lithograph by Fernand Leger
By Fernand Léger
Located in Long Island City, NY
Les Papillons
Fernand Leger, French (1881–1955)
Date: 1948
Lithograph on Arches (unsigned)
Image Size: 20 x 16 inches
Size: 25.75 x 19.5 in. (65.41 x 49.53 cm)
Printer: Mourlot, Pari...
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1940s Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
Musée des Arts Decoratifs by Fernand Leger, 1956
By Fernand Léger
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Fernand Leger
Medium: Lithographic Poster, 1956
Dimensions: 30 x 20 in, 76.2 x 50.8 cm
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1950s Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
Liberté j’écris ton nom.
By Fernand Léger
Located in New York, NY
Éluard, Paul. Liberté j’écris ton nom. Paris (Seghers), [1953].
Folding broadside (leporello), with continuous color silkscreen by Fernand Léger, integrated with text, extending th...
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1950s Cubist Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Screen
la fleur
By Fernand Léger
Located in CANNES, FR
Fernand Leger ( 1881 -1955 )
" La Fleur " .1952 .
Lithograph in colors on wove paper
Framed with museal glass :
Specially created by the artist in 1952 for the XXe Siècle Cahiers d...
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1950s Modern Fernand Léger Art
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Archival Paper
From the Series "La Ville"
By Fernand Léger
Located in New York, NY
This lithograph was printed at the Atelier Mourlot in Paris in 1959 and is a part of the "La Ville" portfolio. It is annotated "Epreuve de l'atelier Mourlot /...
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1950s Post-War Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
Composition, Cirque (Saphire, N° 44-106)
By Fernand Léger
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cirque, Lithographies Originales. Published by Les Éditions Verve, Paris, under the direction of Tériade, éditeur, Paris; printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris, October 5, 1950. Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), "Cirque" is entirely composed, handwritten text and illustrations, of original lithographs by Fernand Léger. This album was produced by Fernand Léger with the collaboration of Tériade and Marguerite Lang. It was completed printing on the presses de Mourlot Frères, on October 5, 1950, for Les Éditions Verve, Paris. The edition of this album includes two CCLXXX examples numbered from I to CCLXXX and XX hors-commerce examples. Numbered from I to XX. All examples, on vélin d'Arches, are signed by the artist [on the colophon].
Catalogue raisonné reference: Léger, F., & Saphire, L. (1978). Fernand Léger : the complete graphic work. Blue Moon Press, 44-106.
History of the edition: Cirque was originally conceived as a collaboration between Fernand Léger and the novelist Henry Miller. At a time when the two were interested in working together, the publisher Efstratios Tériade Léger approached Leger to make prints for an artist’s book. Tériade hoped to publish a series of such books with the circus as the theme. Léger was a circus enthusiast who often used circus images in his paintings. He often went to the Cirque Médrano in Paris and the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus...
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1950s Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
The Outing (La Partie de Campagne) (Verve)
By Fernand Léger
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Fernand Leger
Title: The Outing (La Partie de Campagne) (Verve)
Medium: Original lithograph
Date: 1952
Edition: Unnumbered
Sheet Size: 14" x...
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1950s Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
The sunflowers
By Fernand Léger
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1953
Handsigned by the artist in pencil
Edition : 130 ex.
Publisher : Guilde de ka Gravure (Pully-Lausanne)
Catalog : [Saphire 132 p.216]
65.00 cm. x 50.00 cm. 25.59 in...
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1950s Abstract Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
Les Constructeurs
By Fernand Léger
Located in Paris, FR
Aquatint, 1953
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 6/75
Printer : Haasen (Paris)
Catalog : [Saphire 128, p. 206-207]
76.00 cm. x 55.00 cm. 29.92 in. x 21.65 in. (paper)
...
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1950s Abstract Fernand Léger Art
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Aquatint
Composition avec formes jaune et rouge (Composition with yellow and red shapes)
By Fernand Léger
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Utilizing a bold color palette of red, black, yellow, and blue-grey, Leger creates an abstract work in which shapes and forms appear to drift in space. The large, red central image h...
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1950s Modern Fernand Léger Art
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Screen
1953 original lithography by Fernand Léger at the Galerie Louis Carré
By Fernand Léger
Located in PARIS, FR
In June 1953, the Galerie Louis Carré in Paris hosted a significant exhibition featuring the works of Fernand Léger, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Among th...
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1950s Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Paris, Montparnasse - Original lithograph, HANDSIGNED, 1959
By Fernand Léger
Located in Paris, IDF
Fernand Léger
Montparnasse, 1959
Original lithograph (Atelier Mourlot)
Signed with the artist's stamp
Limited to 180 copies (Here numbered 160)
On Arches vellum 66 x 50.5 cm (c. 25...
Category
1950s Modern Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
Tapis Blanc, Fernand Léger, 1920's, Tapestry, Wool, Rug, Design
By Fernand Léger
Located in Geneva, CH
Tapis blanc
circa 1927
Hand-knotted wool
260.4 x 146.1 cm
Signed and embroidered on the back : LEGER
Marie Cuttoli and Lucie Weill Edition.
Provenance:
Private collection, USA (acquired from Madoura Workshop, Antibes in 1982)
Exhibited:
Fernand Léger . Peinture dans l'espace, Museum Ludwig of Cologne, from April 9th to July 3rd, 2016, another similar piece exhibited.
Literature:
Encyclopédie des métiers de l'art : Décoration Moderne Vol.I, Paris, 1930, gouache study illustrated in color under no.10, pl.97.
An Exhibition of Contemporary French Tapestries, by Albert Chatelet Constantine, Charles E.Slatkin Galleries, 1965, illustrated in color p.
Rob Mallet-Stevens, by S.Day, Paris, 1980, picture of a similar piece in the living room of Robert Mallet-Stevens in Paris, illustrated p.280.
Marie Cuttoli, Myrbor et l'invention de la tapisserie moderne, by D.Paulvé, Paris, 2010, similar piece on the archive picture of the the office of Paul du Bousquet decorated by Pierre Barbe...
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1920s Art Deco Fernand Léger Art
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Wool
1956 original poster by Fernand Léger for the Musée des Arts Décoratifs
By Fernand Léger
Located in PARIS, FR
Fernand Léger's original 1956 poster for the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, taken from a 1924 work and printed by Mourlot, is a remarkable example of art combining past and present. Fern...
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1950s Cubist Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Still Life - Lithograph by F. Léger - 1951
By Fernand Léger
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is a color lithograph realized by Fernand Léger (1881-1955) and published by éditions Falaize, Paris, 1951.
With the additional values of the blue ink signature and an ...
Category
1950s Contemporary Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Lithograph
1955 original exhibition poster by Fernand Léger - in Leverkusen, Germany
By Fernand Léger
Located in PARIS, FR
This 1955 original exhibition poster was created for Fernand Léger’s retrospective at Museum Morsbroich in Leverkusen, Germany. Featuring Léger’s signature bold lines, geometric abst...
Category
1950s Fernand Léger Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
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- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 10, 2025Fernand Léger was famous for his work as an artist. A painter as well as a filmmaker, illustrator, stage-set designer, ceramicist and printmaker, 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. Explore a diverse assortment of Fernand Léger art on 1stDibs.