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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1964.61
People
Fernand Léger, French (Argentan (Orne), France 1881 - 1955 Gif-sur-Yvette, France)
Title
The Parade
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1954
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296973

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gouache and black ink on beige wove paper
Dimensions
75.2 x 104.7 cm (29 5/8 x 41 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, black paint: WH-4
  • inscription: lower right, brown ink (faded): Josep L Sert avec notre bonne[?]amitié / F Leger

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Fernand Léger, gift; to Josep Lluis Sert, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1964.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Josep Lluís Sert
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Accession Year
1964
Object Number
1964.61
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 303, p. 259, repr.
  • Robert M. Peck, "Juggling Your Smarts", ed. Carol S. Lawson, Chrysalis Books (West Chester, PA, 2001), repr. p. 55

Exhibition History

  • Fernand Léger: Contrasts of Forms, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/14/2007 - 06/10/2007

Verification Level

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