Artist Monograph

Fernand Léger, French

French, 1881–1955

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Lithography 141 61.3%
Other Media 27 11.7%
Drawing 17 7.4%
Oil Painting 15 6.5%
Gouache 11 4.8%
Woodcut 8 3.5%
Watercolor 5 2.2%
Etching 3 1.3%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 208 90.4%
Painting & Sculpture 15 6.5%
Architecture & Design 7 3%

Production by Decade

1
0s
2
1900s
35
1910s
26
1920s
14
1930s
52
1940s
100
1950s

Classification Types

  • Illustrated Book — 167
  • Drawing — 30
  • Painting — 15
  • Print — 11
  • Design — 7

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)9742.5%
Medium (30–100 cm)11650.9%
Large (1–3 m)156.6%

Range: 5.3 cm → 251.5 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19352
19401
19411
19421
19441
19452
19471
19482
19492
19501
19513
19523
19532
19542
19554
19564
19583
195933
1964129
19651
19661
19678
19691
19741
19752

Currently On View

  • "MoMA, Floor 5, 513" — 2
  • "MoMA, Floor 5, 503" — 2
  • "MoMA, Floor 5, 505" — 2

French Contemporaries

  1. 5032 Eugène Atget
  2. 1437 Jean Dubuffet
  3. 1168 Marc Chagall
  4. 1068 Henri Matisse
  5. 907 Pierre Bonnard