Artworks · Fernand Léger

Double page plate (pages 52 and 53) from Cirque (Circus)

1950 · One from an illustrated book with eighty-three lithographs (including wrapper front and back)

composition (irreg.): 16 7/16 × 24 1/2" (41.8 × 62.2 cm); page (each approx.): 16 5/8 × 12 11/16" (42.3 × 32.3 cm)

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Tailpiece (page 50) from Cirque (Circus)

1950 · One from an illustrated book with eighty-three lithographs (including wrapper front and back)

composition (irreg.): 2 5/16 × 9" (5.8 × 22.9 cm); page (each approx.): 16 5/8 × 12 11/16" (42.3 × 32.3 cm)

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Title page from Cirque (Circus)

1950 · One from an illustrated book with eighty-three lithographs (including wrapper front and back)

composition (irreg.): 14 1/8 × 10 3/16" (35.8 × 25.8 cm); page (each approx.): 16 5/8 × 12 11/16" (42.3 × 32.3 cm)

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In-text plates (page 40) from Cirque (Circus)

1950 · One from an illustrated book with eighty-three lithographs (including wrapper front and back)

composition (upper, irreg.): 3 × 10 5/16" (7.6 × 26.2 cm); composition (lower, irreg.): 1 5/8 × 4 3/4" (4.1 × 12 cm); page (each approx.): 16 5/8 × 12 11/16" (42.3 × 32.3 cm)

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Plate (page 109) from Cirque (Circus)

1950 · One from an illustrated book with eighty-three lithographs (including wrapper front and back)

composition (irreg.): 14 1/8 × 10 3/16" (35.9 × 25.8 cm); page (each approx.): 16 5/8 × 12 11/16" (42.3 × 32.3 cm)

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Plate (page 61) from Cirque (Circus)

1950 · One from an illustrated book with eighty-three lithographs (including wrapper front and back)

composition (irreg.): 14 3/4 × 11" (37.4 × 27.9 cm); page (each approx.): 16 5/8 × 12 11/16" (42.3 × 32.3 cm)

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Plate (page 39) from Cirque (Circus)

1950 · One from an illustrated book with eighty-three lithographs (including wrapper front and back)

composition (irreg.): 12 1/4 × 7 15/16" (31.1 × 20.2 cm); page (each approx.): 16 5/8 × 12 11/16" (42.3 × 32.3 cm)

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LA PETITE REINE

1950 · 5 line block reproductions after drawings

page 8 5/16 x 5 5/16" (21 x 13.5 cm)

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In-text plate (page 11) from Cirque (Circus)

1950 · One from an illustrated book with eighty-three lithographs (including wrapper front and back)

composition (irreg.): 1 9/16 × 5 7/8" (4 × 15 cm); page (each approx.): 16 5/8 × 12 11/16" (42.3 × 32.3 cm)

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Plate (page 12) from Cirque (Circus)

1950 · One from an illustrated book with eighty-three lithographs (including wrapper front and back)

composition (irreg.): 13 7/8 × 11 1/16" (35.2 × 28.1 cm); page (each approx.): 16 5/8 × 12 11/16" (42.3 × 32.3 cm)

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Plate (page 103) from Cirque (Circus)

1950 · One from an illustrated book with eighty-three lithographs (including wrapper front and back)

composition (irreg.): 14 11/16 × 9 3/4" (37.3 × 24.8 cm); page (each approx.): 16 5/8 × 12 11/16" (42.3 × 32.3 cm)

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Plate (page 82) from Cirque (Circus)

1950 · One from an illustrated book with eighty-three lithographs (including wrapper front and back)

composition (irreg.): 15 1/16 × 11 1/2" (38.3 × 29.2 cm); page (each approx.): 16 5/8 × 12 11/16" (42.3 × 32.3 cm)

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Headpiece (page 5) from Cirque (Circus)

1950 · One from an illustrated book with eighty-three lithographs (including wrapper front and back)

composition (irreg.): 8 3/4 × 7 13/16" (22.2 × 19.8 cm); page (each approx.): 16 5/8 × 12 11/16" (42.3 × 32.3 cm)

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The King of Hearts

1949 · Lithograph on paper

image: 349 x 514 mm

Tate

Face and Flower

1949 · Brush and black ink on cream wove paper

50 × 65 cm (19 11/16 × 25 5/8 in.)

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Folio 15 from Poésie de mots inconnus (Poetry of Unknown Words)

1949 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts, seven etchings (two with aquatint, one with engraving), six lithographs, three drypoints, two engravings, one aquatint, and one linoleum cut

composition (irreg.): 4 7/8 x 2 7/8" (12.4 x 7.3cm); page: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm)

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The King of Hearts

1949 · Lithograph

composition: 27 1/2 x 18 9/16" (69.9 x 47.1cm); sheet: 29 7/8 x 19 7/16" (75.9 x 49.4cm)

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In-text plate (folio 15) from Poésie de mots inconnus

1949 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts, seven etchings (two with aquatint, one with engraving), six lithographs, three drypoints, two engravings, one aquatint, and one linoleum cut

composition (irreg.): 4 7/8 x 2 7/8" (12.4 x 7.3cm); page: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm)

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FERNAND LÉGER ET LE NOUVEL ESPACE

1949 · Monograph with lithographic reproductions on covers and numerous line block, relief halftone, and four-color relief halftone reproductions; and supplementary black ink wash drawing, and 2 variant lithographic reproductions (COMPOSITION executed by Mourlot after gouache): 1 printed in black and 1 printed in color on ivory, smooth, wove paper (all 3 bound in between justification and title pages)

irreg. page 9 3/4 x 7 1/16" (24 x 18 cm)

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Matinée d'ivresse (Morning Drunkeness) (plate, page 67) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

1949 · Lithograph with pochoir from an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs (ten with pochoir), supplementary suite of fifteen lithographs, and one supplementary lithograph

composition (irreg.): 11 5/16 × 9 3/16" (28.7 × 23.4 cm); page (each): 13 × 9 5/8" (33 × 24.5 cm)

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Bonne pensée du matin (Good Thoughts of Morning) (plate, page 19) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

1949 · Lithograph with pochoir from an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs (ten with pochoir), supplementary suite of fifteen lithographs, and one supplementary lithograph

composition (irreg.): 10 1/8 × 7 11/16" (25.7 × 19.5 cm); page (each): 13 × 9 5/8" (33 × 24.5 cm)

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Est-elle aimée? (Is She Beloved?) (plate, page 45) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

1949 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs (ten with pochoir), supplementary suite of fifteen lithographs, and one supplementary lithograph

composition (irreg.): 10 7/8 × 8 7/16" (27.6 × 21.5 cm); page (each): 13 × 9 5/8" (33 × 24.5 cm)

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Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

1949 · Illustrated book with fifteen lithographs (ten with pochoir), supplementary suite of fifteen lithographs, and one supplementary lithograph

page (each): 13 × 9 5/8" (33 × 24.5 cm); overall (closed): 13 9/16 × 10 7/16 × 1 5/8" (34.5 × 26.5 × 4.2 cm)

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Départ (Departure) (plate, page 119) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

1949 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs (ten with pochoir), supplementary suite of fifteen lithographs, and one supplementary lithograph

composition (irreg.): 12 1/4 × 9 1/8" (31.1 × 23.1 cm); page (each): 13 × 9 5/8" (33 × 24.5 cm)

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Phrases (plate, page 83) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

1949 · Lithograph with pochoir from an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs (ten with pochoir), supplementary suite of fifteen lithographs, and one supplementary lithograph

composition (irreg.): 11 1/4 × 7 15/16" (28.5 × 20.2 cm); page (each): 13 × 9 5/8" (33 × 24.5 cm)

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Variant of Patience—Bannières de Mai (Patience—Banners of May) (supplementary plate) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

1949 · Lithograph from the supplementary suite of an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs (ten with pochoir), supplementary suite of fifteen lithographs, and one supplementary lithograph

composition (irreg.): 11 9/16 × 8 11/16" (29.3 × 22 cm); sheet: 13 × 9 15/16" (33 × 25.2 cm)

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Duplicate of H (supplementary plate) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

1949 · Lithograph from the supplementary suite of an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs (ten with pochoir), supplementary suite of fifteen lithographs, and one supplementary lithograph

composition (irreg.): 10 1/16 × 8 1/16" (25.6 × 20.5 cm); sheet: 13 × 9 13/16" (33 × 25 cm)

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Variant of Phrases (supplementary plate) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

1949 · Lithograph from the supplementary suite of an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs (ten with pochoir), supplementary suite of fifteen lithographs, and one supplementary lithograph

composition (irreg.): 10 15/16 × 7 11/16" (27.8 × 19.5 cm); sheet: 13 1/16 × 9 15/16" (33.1 × 25.2 cm)

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Variant of Ville I (Cities I) (supplementary plate) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

1949 · Lithograph from the supplementary suite of an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs (ten with pochoir), supplementary suite of fifteen lithographs, and one supplementary lithograph

composition (irreg.): 11 5/16 × 8 3/16" (28.8 × 20.8 cm); sheet: 13 1/16 × 9 13/16" (33.1 × 25 cm)

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H (plate, page 73) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

1949 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs (ten with pochoir), supplementary suite of fifteen lithographs, and one supplementary lithograph

composition (irreg.): 10 1/16 × 7 15/16" (25.6 × 20.2 cm); page (each): 13 × 9 5/8" (33 × 24.5 cm)

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Fêtes de la faim (Feasts of Hunger) (plate, page 51) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

1949 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs (ten with pochoir), supplementary suite of fifteen lithographs, and one supplementary lithograph

composition (irreg.): 10 9/16 × 7 11/16" (26.8 × 19.6 cm); page (each): 13 × 9 5/8" (33 × 24.5 cm)

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Patience—Bannières de Mai (Patience—Banners of May) (plate, page 37) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

1949 · Lithograph with pochoir from an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs (ten with pochoir), supplementary suite of fifteen lithographs, and one supplementary lithograph

composition (irreg.): 12 × 9 1/2" (30.5 × 24.2 cm); page (each): 13 × 9 5/8" (33 × 24.5 cm)

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Triplicate of Est-elle aimée? (Is She Beloved?) (supplementary plate) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

1949 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs (ten with pochoir), supplementary suite of fifteen lithographs, and one supplementary lithograph

composition (irreg.): 10 7/8 × 8 7/16" (27.6 × 21.4 cm); sheet: 13 × 9 3/4" (33 × 24.8 cm)

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Comédie de la soif (Comedy of Thirst) (plate, page 27) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

1949 · Lithograph with pochoir from an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs (ten with pochoir), supplementary suite of fifteen lithographs, and one supplementary lithograph

composition (irreg.): 11 3/16 × 8 1/2" (28.4 × 21.6 cm); page (each): 13 × 9 5/8" (33 × 24.5 cm)

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Duplicate of Parade (supplementary plate) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

1949 · Lithograph from the supplementary suite of an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs (ten with pochoir), supplementary suite of fifteen lithographs, and one supplementary lithograph

composition (irreg.): 11 5/16 × 9 5/8" (28.8 × 24.4 cm); sheet: 13 1/16 × 9 15/16" (33.1 × 25.2 cm)

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Variant of Métropolitan (Metropolitan) (supplementary plate) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

1949 · Lithograph from the supplementary suite of an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs (ten with pochoir), supplementary suite of fifteen lithographs, and one supplementary lithograph

composition (irreg.): 11 1/16 × 8 1/8" (28.1 × 20.6 cm); sheet: 13 1/16 × 9 13/16" (33.2 × 25 cm)

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Variant of Matinée d'ivresse (Morning Drunkeness) (supplementary plate) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

1949 · Lithograph from the supplementary suite of an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs (ten with pochoir), supplementary suite of fifteen lithographs, and one supplementary lithograph

composition (irreg.): 10 7/16 × 7 11/16" (26.5 × 19.5 cm); sheet: 13 × 9 13/16" (33 × 25 cm)

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Variant of Après le déluge (After the Flood) (supplementary plate) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

1949 · Lithograph from the supplementary suite of an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs (ten with pochoir), supplementary suite of fifteen lithographs, and one supplementary lithograph

composition (irreg.): 11 1/4 × 9 3/8" (28.5 × 23.8 cm); sheet: 13 × 9 13/16" (33 × 25 cm)

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Duplicate of Est-elle aimée? (Is She Beloved?) (supplementary plate) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

1949 · Lithograph from the supplementary suite of an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs (ten with pochoir), supplementary suite of fifteen lithographs, and one supplementary lithograph

composition (irreg.): 10 7/8 × 8 1/2" (27.6 × 21.6 cm); sheet: 12 15/16 × 9 13/16" (32.9 × 25 cm)

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Variant of Comédie de la soif (Comedy of Thirst) (supplementary plate) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

1949 · Lithograph from the supplementary suite of an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs (ten with pochoir), supplementary suite of fifteen lithographs, and one supplementary lithograph

composition (irreg.): 10 7/8 × 8 1/16" (27.7 × 20.5 cm); sheet: 13 1/16 × 9 7/8" (33.1 × 25.1 cm)

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Variant of Bonne pensée du matin (Good Thoughts of Morning) (supplementary plate) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

1949 · Lithograph from the supplementary suite of an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs (ten with pochoir), supplementary suite of fifteen lithographs, and one supplementary lithograph

composition (irreg.): 9 5/8 × 7 1/2" (24.5 × 19.1 cm); sheet: 12 15/16 × 9 13/16" (32.9 × 24.9 cm)

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Variant of Portrait of Rimbaud (supplementary plate) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

1949 · Lithograph from the supplementary suite of an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs (ten with pochoir), supplementary suite of fifteen lithographs, and one supplementary lithograph

composition (irreg.): 8 15/16 × 6 7/8" (22.7 × 17.5 cm); sheet: 13 1/16 × 9 13/16" (33.1 × 25 cm)

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Vies (Lives) (plate, page 125) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

1949 · Lithograph with pochoir from an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs (ten with pochoir), supplementary suite of fifteen lithographs, and one supplementary lithograph

composition (irreg.): 12 1/8 × 9 15/16" (30.8 × 25.3 cm); page (each): 13 × 9 5/8" (33 × 24.5 cm)

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Parade (plate, page 111) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

1949 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs (ten with pochoir), supplementary suite of fifteen lithographs, and one supplementary lithograph

composition (irreg.): 11 5/16 × 9 3/8" (28.8 × 23.8 cm); page (each): 13 × 9 5/8" (33 × 24.5 cm)

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Métropolitan (Metropolitan) (plate, page 103) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

1949 · Lithograph with pochoir from an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs (ten with pochoir), supplementary suite of fifteen lithographs, and one supplementary lithograph

composition (irreg.): 11 1/8 × 8 1/8" (28.2 × 20.7 cm); page (each): 13 × 9 5/8" (33 × 24.5 cm)

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Villes I (Cities I) (plate, page 93) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

1949 · Lithograph with pochoir from an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs (ten with pochoir), supplementary suite of fifteen lithographs, and one supplementary lithograph

composition (irreg.): 12 5/8 × 9 3/16" (32.1 × 23.3 cm); page (each): 13 × 9 5/8" (33 × 24.5 cm)

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Duplicate of Départ (Departure) (supplementary plate) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

1949 · Lithograph from the supplementary suite of an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs (ten with pochoir), supplementary suite of fifteen lithographs, and one supplementary lithograph

composition (irreg.): 12 1/4 × 9 1/16" (31.1 × 23 cm); sheet: 13 1/16 × 9 15/16" (33.1 × 25.2 cm)

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Variant of Vies (Lives) (supplementary plate) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

1949 · Lithograph from the supplementary suite of an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs (ten with pochoir), supplementary suite of fifteen lithographs, and one supplementary lithograph

composition (irreg.): 11 15/16 × 9 13/16" (30.4 × 24.9 cm); sheet: 13 × 9 13/16" (33 × 24.9 cm)

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