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© Estate of Fernand Léger / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / DACS, London
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© Estate of Fernand Léger / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / DACS, London
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Fernand Léger
French, 1881-1955
La fumée (Smoke), 1912
oil on canvas
support: 36 1/4 x 28 3/4 inches (92.07 x 73.02 cm); framed: 46 3/4 x 39 1/2 x 3 inches (118.75 x 100.33 x 7.62 cm)
Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1940
RCA1940:15
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possibly collection Pierre Loeb;sold to Mary Callery, Paris;
sold to Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, November 1938;
sold to the Albright Art Gallery, November 17, 1940
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Information may change due to ongoing research.Glossary of Terms
Smoke is one of several of Fernand Léger's studies combining puffs of smoke with a group of buildings. Although this painting is quite abstract, it is possible to make out a large structure with smokestacks in the upper right—presumably the primary source of the smoke that bisects the painting vertically. Other structures can be identified by doors, windows, and roof lines.
Label from Spotlight on the Collection—Artists in Depth: Picasso, Braque, Léger, Delaunay, January 21–June 5, 2011
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