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Le Siphon

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Description: Le Siphon
TitleLe Siphon
Creator nameLéger, Fernand
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1924
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationAlbright-Knox Art Gallery
SubjectsPurism (Art)Painting, French--20th centuryStill-life painting, French
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6. The Aftermath: Bauhaus Endgame and Le Corbusier’s Poetics of Portability
Alina Payne
Description: From Ornament to Object: Genealogies of Architectural Modernism
From Ornament to Object: Genealogies of Architectural Modernism
The 1910s and 1920s mark the explosion of objects as subjects. This time not in the academic disciplines or museums, or in the popularizing literature of manuals...
Author
Alina Payne
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 2012 by Alina Payne
Related print edition pages: pp.230-262
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00236.007
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20975&redirecttoanchor=62039
Chapter subject tags:Léger, Fernand, 1881-1955Modernism (Aesthetics)Architecture, Modern--20th centuryBauhausLe Corbusier, 1887-1965Decoration and ornament, Architectural--20th centuryObjects (Aesthetics)Loos, Adolf, 1870-1933Deutsches WerkbundMuthesius, Hermann, 1861-1927Jeanneret, Pierre, 1896-1967

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Description: The Baluster
The Baluster
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 22
Creator nameLéger, Fernand
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1925
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79058
Accession number179.1952
The Baluster
The Baluster
Description: Umbrella (La Parapluie)
Umbrella (La Parapluie)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator nameLéger, Fernand
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1925
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor and gouache on paper
Dimensions12 3/8 x 9 5/16 in. (31.4 x 23.7 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/51106
Accession number1941.546
Umbrella (La Parapluie)
Umbrella (La Parapluie)
Description: Composition No. VII
Composition No. VII
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator nameLéger, Fernand
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1925
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas mounted on aluminum
Dimensions52 5/16 x 36 3/16 in. (132.9 x 91.9 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/33949
Accession number1941.542
Composition No. VII
Composition No. VII
Description: Still Life (Déjeuner, La Table servie, Nature morte)
Still Life (Déjeuner, La Table servie, Nature morte)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator nameVillon, Jacques
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1912–1913
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on burlap
Dimensions35 x 45 11/16 in. (88.9 x 116.1 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/45057
Accession number1941.742
Still Life (Déjeuner, La Table...
Still Life (Déjeuner, La Table servie, Nature morte)
Description: Study for "Le Disque"
Study for "Le Disque"
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 22
Creator nameLéger, Fernand
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1918
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor on pale green wove paper
Dimensions35.8 x 28.3 cm
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/43819
Accession number1941.543
Study for "Le Disque"
Study for "Le Disque"
Description: Ladder
Ladder
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 22
Creator nameLéger, Fernand
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1923
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor and pencil, laid down
Dimensions26.2 x 32.2 cm
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/43958
Accession number1941.545
Ladder
Ladder
Description: Still Life with Knife
Still Life with Knife
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 22
Creator nameMarcoussis, Louis
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1920
Object typePainting
MaterialsGouache on pale tan paper
Dimensions60.7 x 45.8 cm
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/31768
Accession number1941.557
Still Life with Knife
Still Life with Knife
Description: Bouquet of Flowers with China Asters and Tokyos (Bouquet de fleurs aux...
Bouquet of Flowers with China Asters and Tokyos (Bouquet de fleurs aux reines-marguerites et aux tokyos)
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 24
Creator nameRousseau, Henri
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1910
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions21 1/2 × 18 in. (54.6 × 45.7 cm)
LocationBarnes Foundation, Philadelphia
http://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/5530
Accession numberBF580
Bouquet of Flowers with China Asters and...
Bouquet of Flowers with China Asters and Tokyos (Bouquet de fleurs aux reines-marguerites et aux tokyos)
Description: Steam Boat
Steam Boat
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 19
Creator nameLéger, Fernand
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1923
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions74 3/4 × 49 1/4 in. (190 × 125 cm)
LocationMusée National Fernand Léger, Biot, France
Steam Boat
Steam Boat
Description: Woman with a Book
Woman with a Book
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 19
Creator nameLéger, Fernand
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1923
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions45 2/3 × 32 in. (116 × 81.4 cm)
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/80425
Accession number959.1979
Woman with a Book
Woman with a Book
Description: Still Life with Blue Tablecloth (Nature morte au camaïeu bleu)
Still Life with Blue Tablecloth (Nature morte au camaïeu bleu)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 17
Creator nameMatisse, Henri
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1900–1902
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions73 × 92 cm
LocationHermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/01.+paintings/28368
Accession numberГЭ-7696
Still Life with Blue Tablecloth (Nature...
Still Life with Blue Tablecloth (Nature morte au camaïeu bleu)
Description: Goldfish and Palette
Goldfish and Palette
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 20
Creator nameMatisse, Henri
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1914
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions57 3/4 × 44 1/4 in.
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79866
Accession number507.1964
Goldfish and Palette
Goldfish and Palette

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