Study for The City of Light Consolidated Edison Company New York World's Fair 1939-1940 Pavilion Mural (Double sided drawing)
Fernand Léger, French, 1881 - 1955
1938-1939
Graphite, crayon on paper
Overall: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Wallace K. Harrison, Class of 1950H
D.973.12B
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
20th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Course History
COLT 73, 101, Spectacle and Exhibitionism, Michelle Warren, Winter 2012
Exhibition History
Beaumont-May Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August-September 15, 1973.
Fernand Leger, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, January 1974.
Thank You, Wallace K. Harrison, Jaffe-Friede Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 16-April 28, 1985.
Publication History
Jacquelyn Bass, Thank You, Wallace K. Harrison, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1985, p. 41.
Provenance
Collected by Ellen Hunt Milton Harrison (1903-1995) and Wallace K. Harrison (1895-198); given to present collection, 1973.
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