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Fernand Léger (French, 1881 – 1955), Personnages dans la ville (from the folio "La Ville"), ca.…
Personnages dans la ville (from the folio "La Ville")
Fernand Léger (French, 1881 – 1955), Personnages dans la ville (from the folio "La Ville"), ca. 1959, Chromolithograph, 24 x 16 7/8 in., The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York, Gift of Joseph Jeffers Dodge, 1996.10.26. Photograph by mclaughlinphoto.com

Personnages dans la ville (from the folio "La Ville")

Artist Fernand Léger French, 1881 - 1955
Dateca. 1959
MediumChromolithograph
DimensionsSheet: 24 x 16 7/8 in. (61 x 42.9 cm)
Matboard: 27 1/8 × 20 1/8 in. (68.9 × 51.1 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Joseph Jeffers Dodge
Object number1996.10.26
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SignedLR, signed in the print "F. Leger", probably a stamped signature. [This print was part of a folio that was not printed until after the artist's death]
InscribedLL, edition number in pencil "254/300"
Description"People in the CIty" from the folio "The City." Abstract cityscape with the numbers "1902" vertically placed on a structure right of center. Two partial and geometricized figures (tubular/"tubist"), a male at bottom center and a female in the upper left. Black and white outline with blue, red and yellow dominant in the coloring.
Exhibition History"Views of New York: Selections from the Permanent Collection," Wood Gallery, January 13-March 31, 2002, The Hyde Collection.

"50 at 50: Five Decades of Collecting at the Hyde". Wood Gallery, Education Wing, Hyde House, The Hyde Collection. Glens Falls, January 16, 2013 -April 14, 2013

"Elemental - Discerning Color", Rounda Gallery, October 17, 2015- January 10, 2016

“Modern and Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection”, Feibes & Schmitt Gallery, The Hyde Collection, December 28, 2017 – April 30, 2018

“Architect[ural],” The Hyde Collection, Feibes & Schmitt Gallery, June 7 – Sept. 28, 2025ProvenanceJacksonville, FL., Joseph Jeffers Dodge
1996, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust