Study for a Proposed Mural for the General Assembly of the United Nations, New York
Fernand Léger, French, 1881 - 1955
about 1952-1955
Watercolor on laid paper
Image: 10 1/2 × 13 5/16 in. (26.7 × 33.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Wallace K. Harrison, Class of 1950H
W.966.6.8
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
20th century
Object Name
Watercolor
Research Area
Watercolor
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Exhibition History
Beaumont-May Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August-September 15, 1973.
Beaumont-May Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 25, 1975-January 4, 1976.
Thank You, Wallace K. Harrison, Jaffe Hall, 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. 54, no. 29.
Yvonne Brunhammer, Fernand Leger: The Monumental Art, Milan: 5 Continents; Paris: ADAGP, 2005, p. 211, ill. p. 121, no. 130.
Provenance
Collected by Ellen Hunt Milton Harrison (1903-1995) and Wallace K. Harrison (1895-198); given to present collection, 1966.
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