Fernand LégerFrench, 1881–1955Composition
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Where is “Composition” now? Collection: Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven. Whether it is on view today is unknown.
New Haven, United States
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 1958.52.64
In the catalog
Sources
- Yale University Art Gallery
- Image: Yale University Art Gallery — Image: Yale University Art Gallery · In Copyright
In the life of Fernand Léger
The whole life1952
The 26th Venice Biennale
In 1952 Léger takes part in the 26th Venice Biennale. In April he has an exhibition and gives a lecture at the Kunsthalle in Bern, and there are exhibitions at Paris galleries and at Sidney Janis's gallery in New York.
21 February 1952
Marriage to Nadia Khodossevitch and a home in Gif-sur-Yvette
On 21 February 1952 Léger marries Nadia Khodossevitch, a cousin of the poet, who had been a student of his Academy since 1924 and later its assistant. They settle in the Gros-Tilleul quarter of Gif-sur-Yvette.
1953
A touring exhibition in Japan
In 1953 an exhibition of Léger's work tours Japan; his work is also shown at the Gallery of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago and in San Francisco, and an exhibition of coloured sculptures is held at the Louis Carré gallery.
1955
The Grand Prix in São Paulo and a retrospective in Lyon
In 1955 Léger receives the Grand Prix at the São Paulo Art Biennial, and a retrospective exhibition of his work is held at the Lyon museum.
16 July 1955 – 18 September 1955
Exhibition: documenta
17 August 1955
Died
