Still Life With Profile (Nature Morte Au Profil)
Object Details
- Artist
- Fernand Léger, French, b. Argentan, 1881–1955
- Provenance
- 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
- Exhibition History
- 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.
- Published References
- 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.
- Credit Line
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981
- 1928
- Accession Number
- 86.2904
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 29 X 36 3/8 IN. (73.5 X 92.3 CM.)
- See more items in
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Record ID
- hmsg_86.2904
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2f04f98d8-7f24-4611-abb9-e637583a8530
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