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Artists›Fernand Léger

Fernand Léger

1881–1955

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PaintingPop ArtCubismOp Art

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

280

Works in Collection

541

Assets Indexed

Authority-backed Facts

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ157183

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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New Humans: Memories of the Future

New Museum

2026

Field Verification (4 fields)

1 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
NationalityArtsy· 85%
LocationGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (4)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/fernand-leger
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/fernand-leger
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/6624
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Fernand Léger yet.

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Movement

Pop Art

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate New Museum

Canonical record

Artworks (280)

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The Children's Garden

1960 · Bronze

22 in. × 25 in. × 18 3/4 in. (55.9 × 63.5 × 47.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Composition with Two Dancers

1959 · Color lithograph on ivory wove paper

Image, sight: 34 × 44 cm (13 7/16 × 17 3/8 in.); Sheet, sight: 35.2 × 45 cm (13 7/8 × 17 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Walking Flower

1957 · Bronze and marble

26 in. × 20 1/2 in. × 10 1/2 in. (66 × 52.1 × 26.7 cm) Base: 14 1/2 × 10 1/2 × 1 1/8 in. (36.8 × 26.7 × 2.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Landscape with Two Birds (Paysage aux deux oiseaux) (frontispiece) from Un Poème dans chaque livre

1955 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with seven etchings (three with aquatint, one with aquatint, drypoint, engraving, and roulette), three drypoints (one with engraving), two aquatints, two woodcuts, one engraving, and one lithograph

composition (irreg.): 4 15/16 × 7 1/16" (12.5 × 18 cm); page (each): 7 1/2 × 7 1/16" (19 × 18 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

F. Léger, Museum Morsbroich - Leverkusen

1955 · Photolithograph

30 1/4 × 22 1/2" (76.8 × 57.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Three Bottles

1954 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 330 x 460 mm

Tate

Two Women Holding Flowers

1954 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 972 x 1299 mm frame: 1100 x 1432 x 80 mm

Tate

Accordion Player

1953 · Etching colored by serigraphy on white wove paper

Image: 45.9 × 55.1 cm (18 1/8 × 21 3/4 in.); Plate: 47.4 × 56.8 cm (18 11/16 × 22 3/8 in.); Sheet: 56.5 × 72.4 cm (22 1/4 × 28 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Liberté: J'écris ton nom (Freedom: I Write Your Name)

1953 · Accordion-folded booklet with 8 unnumbered pages, pochoir illustrations and letterpress text

sheet (unfolded): 12 7/16 × 50 13/16" (31.6 × 129 cm); closed: 12 7/16 × 6 5/16" (31.6 × 16 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mechanical Period (Époque mécanique) from Art of Today, Masters of Abstract Art (Art d'aujourd'hui, maîtres de l'art abstrait), Album I

1953 · One from a portfolio of sixteen screenprint reproductions

composition: 17 5/16 × 12 5/8" (44 × 32.1 cm); sheet: 25 1/8 × 19 5/16" (63.8 × 49 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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LIBERTÉ: J'Écris Ton Nom

1953 · 8-page pochoir (including title page and text), printed in color

irreg. composition 11 7/8 x 49 1/2" (30.1 x 125.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

F. Léger

1953 · Photolithograph

26 x 19" (66.0 x 48.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sculptures Polychromes F. Léger, Galerie Louis Carré

1953 · Lithograph

26 x 19 1/2" (66.0 x 49.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Landscape with Yellow Hat

1952 · Oil on canvas

36 1/4 x 28 7/8" (92.2 x 73.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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The Gas Pump from the series La Ville

1952 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 15 3/4 x 23 3/4" (40 x 60.4 cm); sheet: 19 13/16 x 25 11/16" (50.3 x 65.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Face and Hands

1952 · Ink on paper

26 x 19 3/4" (66 x 50.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Berliner Festwochen 1952, Französische Meister der Gegenwart

1952 · Photolithograph

32 3/4 × 23 3/4" (83.2 × 60.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Great Black and Red Branch

1951 · Ceramic

67 × 40 cm (26 7/16 × 15 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Still Life with Blue Vase

1951 · Lithograph

composition: 14 1/2 x 17 3/16" (36.8 x 43.7 cm); sheet: 19 3/4 x 25 7/8" (50.1 x 65.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Constructors

1951 · Gouache and crayon on paper

11 3/4 x 17" (29.8 x 43.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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LES CONSTRUCTEURS

1951 · Illustrated book printed in color on cream, smooth, wove Arches paper, and reproductions and 1 unbound lithograph,

irreg. composition 4 13/16 x 7 1/16" (12.3 x 18 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Fernand Léger - Les Constructeurs et sculptures polychromes

1951 · Lithograph

30 × 20 1/2" (76.2 × 52.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Composition with Statuette

1950 · Oil on canvas

53.7 × 64.8 cm (21 1/2 × 25 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Deauville-August '50

1950 · Color lithograph on white wove paper

Image: 28.2 × 38.3 cm (11 1/8 × 15 1/8 in.); Sheet: 39.7 × 49.8 cm (15 11/16 × 19 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (5)

280 published of 527 catalogued · 474 with image

MoMA
229 publishedof 459 catalogued413 img
Art Institute Chicago
32 published32 img
Tate
12 published12 img
The Met
7 published
+ 1 more source · 17 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

10 entries · 1 sources

Two Women
1929 · MoMA · 5 prov
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Composition
1920 · MoMA · 5 prov
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Record

Images

14 assets

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

Wikipedia

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Relationships

Movements3

Pop Art Cubism Op Art

Collections7

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago Tate New Museum Christie's The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

In collection

New Museum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

New Museum

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Market

Auction History

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Untitled	Artsy	Feb 2026	$2,000 – $3,000	Unsold

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Exhibition New Humans: Memories of the Future

2026

Exhibition New Humans: Memories of the Future New Museum

2026