Fernand Leger / Composition with Two Men with Pipes / 1920

Fernand Leger
Composition with Two Men with Pipes
1920
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Creator Name: Léger, Fernand
Creator Nationality: European; French
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1881 - 1955
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Fernand Leger
Title: Composition with Two Men with Pipes
View: front
Creation Start Date: 1920
Creation End Date: 1920
Creation Date: 1920
Object Type: Drawings and Watercolors
Materials and Techniques: India ink and grey wash over pencil on wove paper
Dimensions: H.12-3/8 x W.9-15/16 in., image
Inscriptions: SIGNATURE; DATE; MARK; INSCRIPTION; LABEL
AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number: 80.65.2
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wilcox in memory of Alice M. O'Brien
Copyright: ? Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Rights: http://www.arsny.com
Context:

In his art Léger focusses on the mechanization of the world in the wake of the First World War. He juxtaposes the human body with the forms and shapes of modern, industrial imagery, creating compositions that thrive on the cold and calculating precision of pure geometry and Cubist abstraction. In this preparatory sketch for a painting entitled Man with a Pipe from 1920, Léger fashions men out of machine parts and turns a café into a tight composition of circles and lines. Details such as the stairs and railing at the right, the table and bench at the lower left, and the puffs of smoke from the man's pipe, are subordinated to the overall sense of dynamic movement and a fragmented, dehumanized world.

AMICA ID: MIA_.80.65.2
Component Measured: image
Measurement Unit: in
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: ?The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

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