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Fernand Léger
Woman in Front of the Window (Femme devant la Fenêtre)1923

Not on view
Vertical oil painting of a stylized, mechanical human figure in vivid orange with a raised gray cylindrical arm joint, set against a fragmented black, white, and gray geometric background
Artist or Maker
Fernand Léger
Title
Woman in Front of the Window (Femme devant la Fenêtre)
Place Made
France
Date Made
1923
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
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)
Credit Line
David E. Bright Bequest
Accession Number
M.67.25.8
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
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
Selected Bibliography
  • Eliel, Carol S. L'Esprit Nouveau: Purism in Paris 1918-1925. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2001.
  • 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.
Copyright
© 2015 Estate of Fernand Léger / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris