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Léger, Fernand
born 1881 in F - Argentan, died 1955 in F - Gif-sur-Yvette
Friedrichsbau Freiburg / Br.
arranged by Bureaux des Beaux Arts de la Delegation Superieur du Pays de Bade /
Landesamt für Museen, Sammlungen und Ausstellungen, Freiburg i.Br.
poster to the exhibition:
Die Meister französischer Malerei der Gegenwart / Bonnard - Braque - Chagall - Gris - Leger - Matisse - Picasso - Rouault
motif: Fernand Léger - Nature morte au pichet, watercolour 1947
1947
original design
(the watercolour has been designed by Fernand Léger for the exhibition poster)
colour offset on thin paper
60 cm x 40 cm
print: Imprimerie Nationale G. Waldkirch
on the back rests of plastic stripes at the upper and lower border, regarding the age in good or very good condition
(see additional pictures)
rare early post war poster
order no. 24829
Poster to one of the earliest exhibitions of modern French art in the French occupation zone after Second World War!
See the really worth reading book by Schieder, 2005, p.26 f. concerning developement of French-German cultural connections.
About the poster (and the catalogue) :
"On the cover is represented the watercolour from Fernand Léger that he made for the poster (1947)." (Jardot/Martin, 1948, p.57)
Lit.:
Jardot, Maurice und Kurt Martin (ed.): Die Meister französischer Malerei der Gegenwart, Baden-Baden 1948
Schieder, Martin: Im Blick des Anderen. Die deutsch-französischen Beziehungen 1945-1959, Berlin 2005, p.30 ff.
'Von Arp bis Pollock': Kunst- und Ausstellungsplakate in Frankreich und Deutschland 1945-1960, Köln 2016
