Study for the Portrait "Maud Dale"

1935

Fernand Léger

Associated Names
Fernand Léger

Artist, French, 1881 - 1955

The image is a simple line drawing of a seated figure. The drawing shows the figure reclined in a chair from the waist up. The face and hair are depicted with minimal lines. The clothing is outlined lightly. The right arm is on the back of the chair, and the left arm rests on the lap. The chair has a curved design, and the background is plain.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 26.9 x 19.4 cm (10 9/16 x 7 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.115.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Musée National Fernand Léger, Biot (from the artist's estate); (Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris); (sale, Sotheby's, New York, 10 October 1996, no. 82, as Study for the Portrait of Mrs. Chester Dale); purchased by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1980

  • Fernand Léger: 1881-1955, Staatlich Kunsthalle, Berlin, 1980-1981.

Bibliography

1952

  • Vallier, Dora. Carnet Inédit de Fernand Léger: Esquisses pour un Portrait. Paris, 1952.

1987

  • Bauquier, Georges. Fernand Léger: Vivre dans le Vrai. Paris, 1987: 241-246.

Inscriptions

by later hand, along bottom left edge in ink: (NoD.472 -5) étude pour un portrait.; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: 6 16622 30917

Wikidata ID

Q64561464

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