Maud Dale

1935

Fernand Léger

Artist, French, 1881 - 1955

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 100.4 x 79.7 cm (39 1/2 x 31 3/8 in.)
    framed: 136.8 x 112.1 cm (53 7/8 x 44 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1963.10.36

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Commissioned 1935 by Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1943

  • Twentieth Century Portraits, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1954

  • Loan to display with permanent collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1954-1959.

1965

  • The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

2010

  • From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, January 2010-January 2012, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1965

  • Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 (rev. ed.): 38, repro.

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 73.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 64, repro.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 190, repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 223, repro.

1990

  • Bauquier, Georges. Fernand Léger, catalogue raisonné. 10 vols. Paris, 1990-2013: 5(1996):128-129, no. 866, repro.

Inscriptions

upper left reverse: F. LEGER / N.Y. 35

Wikidata ID

Q20192996

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