The City (Léger)
Appearance
The City (La Ville) | |
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Artist | Fernand Léger |
Year | 1919 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 231.1 cm × 298.4 cm (91.0 in × 117.5 in) |
Location | Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia |
The City (French: La Ville) is a 1919 painting by French painter and sculptor Fernand Léger.[1] The painting is Cubist in style and is now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.[2] Albert Eugene Gallatin donated the piece to the museum in 1952 and it has also been shown at the Guggenheim Museum.[1][2] In reviews of the Guggenheim exhibit, both The City and other works in the show were praised.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The City". The Philadelphia Museum of Art. 1 January 1995. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Front Matter". Philadelphia Museum of Art Bulletin. 56 (268). 1 December 1961.
- ^ Canaday, John (4 March 1962). "Léger: Late Works at the Guggenheim Resolve Any Doubts as to His Achievement". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 March 2016.