Fernand Léger Contrast of Forms 1913
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 39 1/2 x 32" (100.3 x 81.1 cm)
- Credit
- The Philip L. Goodwin Collection
- Object number
- 103.1958
- Copyright
- © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Fernand Léger has 219 works online.
- There are 2,456 paintings online.
Installation views
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Works of Art: Given or Promised
Oct 8–Nov 9, 1958
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Art in a Changing World: 1884–1964: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
May 27, 1964
2 other works identified
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Ways of Looking
Jul 28–Nov 1, 1971
2 other works identified
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Artist’s Choice: Ellsworth Kelly, Fragmentation and The Single Form
Jun 15–Sep 4, 1990
2 other works identified
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Artist’s Choice: Ellsworth Kelly, Fragmentation and The Single Form
Jun 15–Sep 4, 1990
2 other works identified
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Artist’s Choice: Ellsworth Kelly, Fragmentation and The Single Form
Jun 15–Sep 4, 1990
1 other work identified
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Selections from the Permanent Collection of Painting and Sculpture
Jul 1, 1993
2 other works identified
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MoMA2000, ModernStarts: Places - Unreal City
Oct 28, 1999–Mar 14, 2000
4 other works identified
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Painting &
Sculpture II Nov 20, 2004–Aug 5, 2015
4 other works identified
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Inventing Abstraction, 1910–1925
Dec 23, 2012–Apr 15, 2013
1 other work identified
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Inventing Abstraction, 1910–1925
Dec 23, 2012–Apr 15, 2013
1 other work identified
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Inventing Abstraction, 1910–1925
Dec 23, 2012–Apr 15, 2013
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This work is included in the Provenance Research Project, which investigates the ownership history of works in MoMA's collection.
Galerie Kahnweiler, Paris. [1913 - 1914. Possibly sequestered in 1914, until 1923]
[4th auction sale of Kahnweiler collection, Hotel Drouot, Paris, May 7-8, 1923]
Prytec Gallery
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York. By 1952
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Senior, Jr. Purchased from Janis, November 13, 1952 - 1957
Philip L. Goodwin (1885-1958), New York. Purchased from John L. Senior, Jr., April 5, 1957 - 1958
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Bequeathed by Philip L. Goodwin, May 1958
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