Woman in Front of the Window (Femme devant la Fenêtre)

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Woman in Front of the Window (Femme devant la Fenêtre)

France, 1923
Paintings
Oil on canvas
Frame: 35 × 27 1/2 × 2 in. (88.9 × 69.85 × 5.08 cm) 25 9/16 × 18 1/8 × 18 1/8 in. (64.93 × 46.04 × 46.04 cm)
David E. Bright Bequest (M.67.25.8)
Modern Art
Not currently on public view

Provenance

The artist (1881-1955); [Galerie Simon, Paris]. Collection Muller; [Galerie Berggruen, Paris]; sold to David E. Bright (1908–1965), Los Angeles; bequeathed in 1967 to LACMA

Bibliography

  • Bauquier, Georges, with Nelly Maillard. Fernand Léger: Catalogue raisonné, 1903-1919. Paris: Adrien Maeght, 1990. Catalogue raisonné, vol. I, no. 148, p. 266-267, illustrated.
  • Eliel, Carol S. L'Esprit Nouveau:  Purism in Paris 1918-1925. Los Angeles:  Museum Associates, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2001.