The City (Léger)

The City (La Ville)
Artist Fernand Léger
Year 1919
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 231.1 cm × 298.4 cm (91.0 in × 117.5 in)
Location Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia

The City (French: La Ville) is a 1919 painting by French painter and sculptor Fernand Léger.[1] The painting is Cubist in style and is currently housed in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, as part of the collection donated by Albert Eugene Gallatin.[2] Gallatin donated the piece to the museum 1952 and it has also been shown at the Guggenheim Museum.[1][2] In reviews of the Guggenheim exhibit, both The City and other works in the show were praised.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "The City". The Philadelphia Museum of Art. 1 January 1995. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Front Matter". Philadelphia Museum of Art Bulletin. 56 (268). 1 December 1961.
  3. ↑ Canaday, John (4 March 1962). "Léger: Late Works at the Guggenheim Resolve Any Doubts as to His Achievement". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
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