Silex (Flint)
Fernand Léger, French, 1881 - 1955
1932
Gouache on paper
Overall: 17 1/4 × 13 1/2 in. (43.8 × 34.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Wallace K. Harrison, Class of 1950H
W.968.5
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
20th century
Object Name
Watercolor
Research Area
Watercolor
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, dated and inscribed, lower right: SILEX 32/F.L.
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 26, 1975-Janaury 4, 1976.
Fernand Leger, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, January 1-31, 1974.
Thank You, Wallace K. Harrison, Jaffe-Friede 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. 31.
Provenance
Collected by Ellen Hunt Milton Harrison (1903-1995) and Wallace K. Harrison (1895-198); given to present collection, 1968.
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