Fernand LEGER (1881 - 1955), Musicians, 1975

Color lithograph according to a drawing from 1920; paper 35 x 35 cm in light of a 50 x 50 cm passe-partout; signed on plate " F.L. 20" p.d.; executed at the atelier Clot, Bramsen and Georges.Presented at an exhibition titled "Light oils, watercolors and drawings" at Berggruen gallery in 1975.Joseph Fernand Henri Léger (born February 4, 1881 in Argentan, died August 17, 1955 in Gif-sur-Yvette) - French painter associated with Cubism, printmaker, sculptor, ceramic artist and film director.From around 1910, he created in a distinctive style, composing abstract and semi-abstract works with cylindrical forms. He reduced the human figure to a pure shape. Mechanical forms are constant elements in his works, such as in designs for the Swedish Ballet (1921-1922), frescoes (such as the polychrome of the Brussels stadium, 1935), and the abstract film Ballet mécanique 1924 with music by George Antheil.His student, assistant from 1948 and wife from 1952 was Nadia Léger (1904-1982, formerly under the name Wanda Chodasiewicz-Grabowska)The luminaires shown in the visualizations are for illustrative purposes and do not constitute a commercial offer.