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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1978.488
People
Fernand Léger, French (Argentan (Orne), France 1881 - 1955 Gif-sur-Yvette, France)
Title
Study for "The Card Players"; verso: The Wrecked Airplane
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Dessin pour "la partie de carte"; verso: Abstraction
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1916-1917
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296026

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite and black and brown wash on white wove paper; verso: watercolor and graphite
Dimensions
actual: 56.5 x 38 cm (22 1/4 x 14 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Private Collector, Ireland, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1978.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Accession Year
1978
Object Number
1978.488
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Verso is horizontal.

Publication History

  • James Harper, Verso: The Flip Side of Master Drawings, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2001), cat. no. 25, repr. in color (recto and verso), p. 16
  • Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums Annual Report 2000-2001 (Cambridge, MA, 2002), verso repr. p. 37

Exhibition History

  • Cubism: Explorations and Adaptations, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 09/18/1982 - 10/26/1982
  • Verso: The Flip Side of Master Drawings, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/19/2001 - 08/12/2001
  • Fernand Léger: Contrasts of Forms, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/14/2007 - 06/10/2007
  • HAA 10 Survey Course: The Western Tradition, Art Since the Renaissance, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/09/2008 - 03/02/2008
  • HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 08 Rotation 1), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/13/2008 - 10/19/2008
  • HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 09 Rotation 1), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/02/2009 - 10/12/2009
  • Modern Art and Modernity, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2013 - 06/01/2013
  • 32Q: 1300 Early Modernism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2021 - 03/28/2022

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