Study for the Portrait "Maud Dale"

1935

Fernand Léger

Associated Names
Fernand Léger

Artist, French, 1881 - 1955

The image shows a drawing of a person's upper torso, arm, and the beginning of their leg resting against a chair. The person's left arm is leaning on the chair's armrest. There are no detailed facial features or clothing shown in the drawing. A hand with relaxed fingers is visible, along with an indistinct object nearby. The chair has a woven texture pattern, possibly a caned chair. The background is plain with a simple line sketch style on blank paper. Text along the side of the image is present but does not impact the visual description of the scene.
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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

    1996.115.1

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_4). étude pour un portrait.; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: 7 16623 30918

Wikidata ID

Q64561462

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