Blog Home Fernand Leger, Between Abstraction and Cubism. More about The Neuman Collection », Uppsala Auktionskammare Judging from Léger’s more explicitly representational works of the immediate post–World War I era, however, the colorful fragmented and segmented forms, all geometrical in outline, are most likely related to elements of modern machinery and architecture. By releasing his mind from the content, which he had learnt from Paul Cézanne, when approaching the modern subject of technique, the reality of the mechanics and the bustling rotating life of the city, he depicted the technological progress in an age of rapid industrialisation. His collection also included artworks by Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and Juan Gris. 38. Read More. His boldly simplified treatment of modern subject matter has caused him to be regarded as a forerunner of pop art Size of the paper : 46,0 x 33,0 cm / 18.1 x 13.0 in Printed by "Ateliers Daniel Jacomet". . Find more prominent pieces of abstract at Wikiart.org – best visual art database. See available prints and multiples, works on paper, and paintings for sale and learn about the artist. Keys (Composition), Léger, Fernand, 1928, Oil paint on canvas. Join MutualArt to unlock sale information JOIN MUTUALART. Har du tidigare loggat in på vår nya hemsida loggar du in med din e-postadress eller kundnummer samt ditt lösenord. Composition Mécanique by FERNAND LÉGER - Early work on paper by Cubist master. Signed with monogram and dated F.L. View Fernand Léger’s 8,488 artworks on artnet. He claimed that the expression of the image had changed because modern life made change necessary. Find more prominent pieces of still life at Wikiart.org – best visual art database. Immersing the viewer in his colourful and mysterious world, Composition à la fleur is an exceptional example, originating from the middle of Fernand Léger’s career. About the Work. Painted in 1925, Composition is a boldly colored painting which alludes to the importance of architecture as an aesthetic influence in Léger’s painting in the years after the war and his association with the Purist artist Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (Le Corbusier). This large picture (almost 9 feet by 7 feet) resides in Biot near Antibes, South of France at the Musée Fernand Léger, a house the artist bought in 1950 as a mosaic studio. Materials : Oil on canvas . Om du sedan tidigare är registrerad internetkund hos oss kan du använda ditt gamla användarnamn och lösenord den första gången du loggar in. We see this in his 1932 painting Composition aux trois figures, wherein three nude women stand alongside a ladder-like structure adorned with a rope. Exh. Léger worked in a variety of media including paint, ceramic, film, theater and dance sets, glass, print, and book arts. Among the works by Léger, apart from the two paintings from 1938, he also owned a well-known drawing for the Staircase from 1913 as well as some 30 other paintings by Léger. Léger made many changes to the composition, likely working on it into 1919, despite the dating on the lower right. . Mar 7, 2017. Available for sale from Rosenberg & Co. , Fernand Léger, Composition (with machine parts) (ca. The coloured shapes tip and tilt although tied in to the whole mass. Feb 25, 2018 - Post War & Modern Art - Fernand Léger (after) Composition with dominos, 1947 Print created for the Editions du Chêne - Paris from the year 1948 Printed on the presses of the Lang, Blanchong et Cie. printer Dimensions of drawing: 27cm x 20.5 cm Dimensions of plate: 38 x 28 cm This is a Tate Images licensable image titled 'Keys (Composition)' by Tate Images. By the look of it, Léger’s more abstract works seem non-figurative but can often be related to a visual experience in reality. Price Available Upon Request PROVENANCE Works on Paper. Post War & Modern Art - Fernand Léger Composition with two profiles Original print after a work by the painter Fernand Léger, created for the Editions du Chêne, Paris, 1948 Printed on the presses of the Lang, Blanchong et Cie printer Dimensions of the drawing: 27 cm x 20 cm Dimensions of the plate: 38 x 48 cm From Wikipedia . This was partly because modern life made us register significantly more impressions than earlier, and this was something that art needed to express. Estimate . • La Couseuse (1910), musée national d'Art moderne, huile sur toile (73 × 54 cm) Nov 05, 2014. View sold price and similar items: Léger Fernand, 1881-1955, Composition from Germann Auction House Ltd on November 1, 0120 6:00 PM CET. The painting Composition from 1938 is painted with a palette of soft colours. Fernand Léger Composition circulaire Fernand Léger was one of the great pioneers of the 1900s - an innovator of form and a brilliant colourist. mail@uppsalaauktion.se, Jag har inloggningsuppgifter sedan tidigare. 1930), Mixed media and ink on paper, 10 43/100 × 9 3/50 in Tel: 018 – 12 12 22 Because of the brightly colored, flat paintings of everyday objects he painted beginning in the 1930s, Fernand Léger is considered one of the forefathers of Pop Art. In his early works he created a personal form of cubism which he gradually modified into a more figurative, populist style. COMPOSITION, 1936 Gouache and pencil on paper . He often made several preparatory works before beginning working on a large canvas and these are often as interesting as the final work. Fernand Léger (1881‑1955) . Learn more about the piece and artist, and its final selling price Fernand Léger (b/w photo) / Photo © Michel Sima/Bridgeman Images. Léger gave the Kimbell painting to his lifelong friend the poet and art critic Blaise Cendrars, who favored the rhythms of just such fractured and fragmentary observations in his influential writings. Joseph Fernand Henri Léger (French: [leʒe]; February 4, 1881 – August 17, 1955) was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. Joseph Fernand Henri Léger (French: [leʒe]; February 4, 1881 – August 17, 1955) was a … Back to lot » Ange den e-post du angav vid registreringen och följ länken i brevet. The Composition polychrome (Composition à l’encrier) has several known preparatory works showing the work in different stages. Fernand Léger was a French painter who made a unique contribution to Cubism. Artwork page for ‘Keys (Composition)’, Fernand Léger, 1928 During the late 1920s Léger often adopted Surrealist strategies of juxtaposition, as with the grey-and-white keys and the yellow profile here, and irrational space. Painting becomes this great thing that moves / The wheel / Life / The machine / The human soul / A 75 mm breech / My portrait.”, Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more. ”Composition”. The circular forms placed in the centre on top of each other and some of the pointed elliptical forms can be found in both. LOGIN. Paris, 1959). Det beror på en av följande orsaker:- Din E-postadress har inte verifierats än. Fernand Léger | Composition (The Typographer) | The Met Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right): F. LÉGER / 17–18; signed and dated (verso, upper left): F. LÉGER / 17–18; titled (upper left): LE TYPOGRAPHE [subsequently painted over and re-titled]: COMPOSITION He created movement when letting the background grey paper shine through the composition in order to make it “breathe”. Composition (1953) - Fernand Léger (1881 - 1955) Belem, Berardo Collection, Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal . Signed on the plate. Executed in 1925 Historical Description. In very good condition The most desirable pochoir produced under the artist supervision for a scarce porfolio "Douze contemporains" (Jacques Lassaigne. Inte fått något mail från oss? In the late 1930’s he travelled a lot which left less time for the artist to create larger artworks. Klickat på mailen i registreringsmailet? Vänligen kolla din skräppost.- Du angav fel E-postadress. Being one of the pioneers of twentieth century art, Fernand Léger was reinventing form and at the same time capturing his time as a brilliant colourist. . Provenance and Condition . Fernand Léger in his studio. Du länkas då till en sida där du anger ditt nya lösenord. Yet Léger, like his friend Edward Wadsworth, was primarily concerned with the formal structure of a painting. (W. Schmalenbach, Fernand Léger, London, 1991, p.29). Aside from what appear to be rods, wires, and the stenciled letters P, U, and V (presumably taken from some poster or sign observed on the street), it is impossible to identify specific objects. After his death part of his collection was donated to French art museums, but there were also prominent sales of his collections in Paris in 1964-1967. Composition is from a period when Léger composed several still-lives. ‘Composition dominoes’ was created by Fernand Leger in Orphism style. | Tate Images. When observing every element on their own the viewer can discover geometrical forms, meticulously placed next to each other and brought to life by their movements. 10 3/4 by 13 1/4 in. Fernand Léger. The bright colours communicate with each other across the surface. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. FERNAND LÉGER Composition aux trois profils Signed F. Léger. The unison of the object with the clenched energetic rhythm evoked by the artist secure the composition against disharmony” (Christian Zervos, Fernand Léger – Oeuvres de 1905-1952, p. 18). But Léger first became known for the unique variation of Cubism he created, dubbed Tubism for its use of cylindrical forms. 1039) where we find several corresponding elements to the “Composition” of this sale. and dated 37 (lower right); signed F. Leger, dated 1937 and titled (on the reverse) Oil on canvas 35 by 51¼ in. Du loggar in med hjälp av din e-post-adress (eller kundnummer) samt ditt lösenord. Du får därefter kontrollera och komplettera dina användaruppgifter, men du är inte inloggad förrän du fyllt i uppgifterna i formuläret och klickat på ”skicka” längst ned. Estimate: €50 - €100 Description: Fernand LÉGER 1881-1955 Composition Estampe signée en bas à droite 16 x 10,5 View additional info Realized: Log in or create account to view price data Lot 1: FERNAND LEGER. / Here’s Léger who grows like the sun in the tertiary epoch. His boldly simplified treatment of modern subject matter has caused him to be regarded as a forerunner of pop art. Gouache on grey paper, 32 x 25 cm. He created movement when letting the background grey paper shine through the composition in order to make it “breathe”. $77,500. BIOGRAPHY . . View Composition by Fernand Léger sold at 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale Morning Session on New York Auction 16 May 2018. His paintings are distinguished by cylindrical and curved shapes with clear contours and strong colour contrasts. The sketches were often more revealing of Légers search than in the final work where the dimension emphasized the simplicity. Signed . Both Composition of this sale and Composition polychrome (Composition à l’encrier) were in the collections of the famous French art collector André Lefèvre (1883-1963). Depicted in an unidentified space, separated from the remainder of the composition, a flower sprouts from a plane of green, serving as the namesake for the masterful work. Sheet size: 12½ x 9½ in. Joseph Fernand Henri Léger (French: ; February 4, 1881 – August 17, 1955) was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker.In his early works he created a personal form of cubism (known as "tubism") which he gradually modified into a more figurative, populist style. Composition à la clarinette et au banjo Fernand Leger (1881-1955) Composition à la clarinette et au banjo signed with initials and dated 'FL. Om du glömt ditt lösenord fyller du i din e-postadress i 'Glömt lösenord' så skickas instruktioner till dig om hur du ändrar det. . Pen, ink and pencil on paper 27.1 x 21.2 cm (10 ¾ x 8 ¼ inches) Signed and dated lower right, F.L. About. A balanced pictorial arrangement and a calculated choice of cool colours lend Fernand Léger's 'Composition' - from his so-called mechanical period ('période mécanique') during the post-war years from 1918 to 1920 - its emphatic coherence. Fernand Léger, 1881–1955. Lot 1: Fernand LÉGER 1881-1955 Composition Estampe signée en bas à droite 16 x 10,5. Léger was free and overwhelming in his brush strokes and his gouaches often vibrated with sensibility. Om du inte är kund, vänligen klicka på "Bli kund" i menyn uppe till höger och fyll i formuläret. 1918. Title: Composition Creator: Fernand Léger Date Created: c. 1920 Physical Dimensions: 23 3/4 x 28 7/8 in. Composition aux deux profils Formerly in the collection of Joan Miró, Composition aux deux profils was painted by Fernand Léger at the height of his fame in 1952. ‘Composition’ was created in 1920 by Fernand Leger in Cubism style. The resulting aesthetic is a bold statement typical of Léger’s works. Om du har glömt ditt lösenord så har du här möjlighet att ändra det till ett nytt. After the war, in which they both saw combat, Léger provided illustrations for Cendrars’s book I Have Killed (1918). From Phillips, Fernand Léger, Composition (1952), Painted and glazed ceramic, 36.8 × 61 cm Title: Composition (Study for "Nude Model in the Studio") Artist: Fernand Léger (French, Argentan 1881–1955 Gif-sur-Yvette) Date: 1912 Medium: Oil, gouache, and ink on paper on tan wove paper; subsequently mounted to Masonite Dimensions: 25 1/8 × 19 in. 1001. (27.3 x 19.7 cm.) [Den här texten ska ändras för inga aktiva auktioner], Fernand Léger (b/w photo) / Photo © Michel Sima/Bridgeman Images. Original lithograph/Pochoir after Fernand Leger published 1959 by Éditions d'Art du Lion, Paris, 1959. Composition from 1938 is a typical example of Fernand Léger’s imaginative and skilful way of applying colours and forms. Though Fernand Léger built his reputation as a Cubist, his style varied considerably from decade to decade, fluctuating between figuration and abstraction and showing influence from a wide range of sources. 1918 Provenance Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris Kunsthalle, Basel Saidenberg Gallery, New York B.C. Har du kanske flera?- Lösenordet stämde inte. The financier André Lefèvre was a devoted collector of art, with a particular interest in the cubism movement. Already before the war, in a lecture presented in Paris, Léger stressed that condensation, variety, and fragmentation were the essential visual qualities of motorized, commercialized, twentieth-century experience and hence of modern painting. Fernand Léger, Abstract Composition, 1953: Artist: Fernand Léger (1881 - 1955) Title: Abstract Composition, 1953: Reference: Brunhammer 148: Medium: Original Terracotta Plaque; white clay with white, blue, orange, yellow, red, and black enamel. (89 by 130 cm) Painted in 1937. He made a deep impression on art history, both as a painter and as a theorist. ... François Mathey, ed. Explore printed catalogue » By the 1930s Léger was exploring the human figure and motifs from the natural world, painted in a slightly more relaxed style: 'suddenly the objects float free in space, though still guided by a firm hand intent on the composition.' In Composition aux dominos, a work based on a painting by Fernand Léger (Argentan, 1881- Gif-sur-Yvette, 1955) that was made collaboratively by Léger and Guy Spitzer, incredibly bold and vibrant color leaps from the composition.Bright yellows, reds, and greens contrast sharply with whites and blacks. 25' (lower right) watercolor and pencil on paper Image size: 10¾ x 7¾ in. The vitality of the forms is such that at times they appear to advance towards the viewer who becomes involved in the image. (32 x 24.1 cm.) Kontrollera språkinställningar på tangentbordet och dubbelkolla gärna gemener/versaler. Auction Venue/Sale Sale Date. It consists of many abstract forms, vertical, horizontal and diagonal bands of colour, circular and ellipse spheres and less clearly definable shapes that coexists in the composition. Image: 17 1/2 in x 13 3/16 in x 2 in (44 1/2 cm x 33 1/2 cm x 5 cm) Edition: Their close relationship is apparent in a poem entitled Construction, which Cendrars wrote in 1919: “Color, color, and more colors . Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.