FRAMED 1937 Fernand LEGER Original Color Lithograph "Water Element" SIGNED COA

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View FRAMED 1937 Fernand LEGER Original Color Lithograph "Water Element" SIGNED COA with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. Artist: Fernand Leger (1881 - 1955). Joseph Fernand Henri Léger was born on February 4, 1881, in Argentan, France. After apprenticing with an architect in Caen from 1897 to 1899, Léger settled in Paris in 1900 and supported himself as an architectural draftsman. --> Four Centuries of the world's finest artists from our collection to yours --> Thank you for visiting... Click here for HOT DEALS | Click here for our NO RESERVE AUCTIONS Please feel free to ask any questions you might have about this work and we will answer promptly. International bidders are always welcome to bid and we combine shipping on all orders. --> Artist: Fernand Leger (1881 - 1955) Title: Water Medium: Original color lithograph on wove paper Year: 1937 Edition size: &nbsp;c. 1200 Signature: Signed in the plate Publisher: Teriade Printer: Atelier&nbsp;Mourlot&nbsp; Condition: Excellent Dimensions: Sheet size - 10 1/4 x 14 inches Framing: &nbsp; Gallery matted and framed in a new contemporary black moulding Framed Dimensions: Approximately 17 x&nbsp;19 inches Additional notes: This is the original and authentic&nbsp;Fernand&nbsp;Leger&nbsp;lithograph issued in 1937. This lithograph was issued as part of the&nbsp;"Four Elements" which&nbsp;also included Rattner&nbsp;(Fire), Borres&nbsp;(Earth) and Miro (Air).&nbsp;It is NOT a copy, reprint or poster.&nbsp; Extra Information: This lithograph was issued as part of the&nbsp;"Four Elements" which&nbsp;also included Rattner&nbsp;(Fire), Borres&nbsp;(Earth) and Miro (Air).&nbsp;It is NOT a copy, reprint or poster.&nbsp; Artist Biography: Joseph Fernand Henri Léger was born on February 4, 1881, in Argentan, France. After apprenticing with an architect in Caen from 1897 to 1899, Léger settled in Paris in 1900 and supported himself as an architectural draftsman. He was refused entrance to the École des Beaux-Arts but nevertheless attended classes there beginning in 1903; he also studied at the Académie Julian. Léger’s earliest-known works, which date from 1905, were primarily influenced by Impressionism. The experience of seeing the Paul Cézanne retrospective at the Salon d’Automne in 1907 and his contact with the early Cubism of Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque had an extremely significant impact on the development of his personal style. From 1911 to 1914 Léger’s work became increasingly abstract, and he started to limit his color to the primaries and black and white. In 1912 he was given his first solo show at Galerie Kahnweiler, Paris. Léger served in the military from 1914 to 1917. His “mechanical” period, in which figures and objects are characterized by tubular, machinelike forms, began in 1917. During the early 1920s he collaborated with the writer Blaise Cendrars on films and designed sets and costumes for performances by Rolf de Maré’s Ballets Suédois; in 1924 he completed his first film, Ballet mécanique, which was neither abstract nor narrative but a series of seemingly unrelated images (a woman’s teeth and lips, machines, ordinary objects, and routine human activities). Léger opened an atelier with Amédée Ozenfant in 1924 and in 1925 presented his first murals at Le Corbusier’s Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau at the Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs. In 1931 he visited the United States for the first time. In 1935 the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Art Institute of Chicago presented an exhibition of his work. Léger lived in the United States from 1940 to 1945 but returned to France after the war. In the decade before his death, Léger’s wide-ranging projects included book illustrations, monumental figure paintings and murals, stained-glass windows, mosaics, polychrome ceramic sculptures, and set and costume designs. In 1955 he won the Grand Prize at the São Paulo Bienal. Léger died on August 17 of that year at his home in Gif-sur-Yvette, France. The Musée Fernand Léger was inaugurated in 1960 in Biot, France. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity and is Fully Guaranteed to be Certified as Described Framing Any framing included in a listing is double matted and framed in a solid wood moulding. We can also frame any pieces not listed as such. Please contact us for pricing. We are usually half the price of a regular framer. Shipping Packages are shipped the next business day after confirmed payment is received. If you are making multiple purchases, please request an invoice so that we may combine shipping charges for you. Guarantee We guarantee all our listings to be 100% as described Returns Returns are accepted up to fourteen days after receiving your purchase. Buyer accepts responsibility for any additional shipping charges. | Click here for HOT DEALS | Click here for our NO RESERVE AUCTIONS | <<<<< Condition: Excellent. Category: Art › Art Prints.

Artist

Fernand Léger, Fernand Leger

Date of Creation

1900-1949

Material

Lithograph

Framing

Framed

Original/Licensed Reprint

Original

Subject

Abstract

Print Surface

Paper

Type

Print

Listed By

Dealer or Reseller

Year of Production

1937

Style

Abstract

Original/Reproduction

Original Print

Features

Framed, Matted, Signed