Divers on a Yellow Background

1. The artist; Roger Vivier (born 1913), Paris, by c. 1941–at least 1944 [this and the following according to letter from Frederick W. Bradley, Mar. 18, 1953, in curatorial file; New York 1944]; Frederick William Bradley, New York, from c. 1946. Given by Mr. and Mrs. Maurice E. Culberg, Chicago, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1952.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• New York, Museum of Modern Art, Art in Progress, May–September 1944, no cat. no.
• Paris, Galerie Louis Carré, F. Léger: Oeuvres d’Amerique, 1940–1945, April 12–May 11, 1946, cat. 1.
• Avignon, France, Palais des Papes, Exposition de Peintures et Sculptures Contemporaines, June 27–September 30, 1947, cat. 102.
• Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Fernand Léger: Exposition Retrospective 1905–1949, October 6–November 13, 1949, cat. 74.
• Paris, Musée des arts décoratifs, Pavillon Marsan, Formes utiles, Objets de notre temps, Dec. 1949 - Feb. 1950.
• London, Tate Gallery, Fernand Léger: An Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, Lithographs, and Book Illustration, February 17–March 19, 1950, cat. 36.
• Kunsthalle Bern, Fernand Léger, April 10–May 25, 1952, cat. 71.
• Venice, XXVI Biennale Internazionale d’Arte, June 14–October 19, 1952, cat. 81.
• Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Léger, April 2–May 17, 1953, cat. 46; traveled to the San Francisco Museum of Art, June 12–August 30, 1953, and New York, the Museum of Modern Art, October 21, 1953–January 3, 1954.
• Paris, Grand Palais, Fernand Léger, October 1971–January 1972, cat. 137.
• London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Fernand Léger: The Late Years, November 27, 1987–February 21, 1988, cat. 17; traveled to the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, March 26–June 19, 1988.
• Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Fernand Léger: Retrospective, May 29–September 29, 1997, no cat. no.; traveled to Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, October 28, 1997–January 12, 1998, and New York, Museum of Modern Art, February 11–May 19, 1998.

• Museum of Modern Art, Art in Progress, exh. cat. (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1944), 75, 222 (ill.).
• M.-A. Couturier, et. al., Fernand Léger: La Forme Humaine dans l’Espace (Montreal: Les Éditions de l’Arbre-Montréal, 1945), 51, 60–61, 95, pls. 8–11.
• Palais des Papes, Exposition de Peintures et Sculptures Contemporaines, exh. cat. (Avignon, France: Palais des Papes, 1947), 14, cat. 102.
• Christian Zervos, “Exposition d’art Contemporain au Palais des Papes à Avignon,” Cahiers d’Art 22 (1947), 309, 317 (ill.).
• Musée National d’Art Moderne, Fernand Léger: Exposition Retrospective 1905–1949, exh. cat. (Paris: Musée National d’Art Moderne, 1949), n. p., cat. 74.
• The Arts Council of Great Britain, Fernand Léger: An Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, Lithographs, and Book Illustration, exh. cat. (London: The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1950), n. p., cat. 36.
• Kunsthalle Bern, Fernand Léger, exh. cat. (Bern, Switzerland: Kunsthalle Bern, 1952), n. p., cat. 71.
• XXVI Biennale Internazionale d’Arte, exh. cat. (Venice: Biennale, 1952), 274, cat. 81.
• Katherine Kuh, Léger, exh. cat. (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1953), 54–55, 57, 86, cat. 46 (ill.).
• Katherine Kuh, Léger (Urbana: Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1953), 54–55, 57, 87, 93 (ill.).
• Frank Holland, “Institute Acquires Two French Works,” Chicago Sun Times (August 8, 1954), 6 (ill.).
• Pierre Descargues, Fernand Léger (Paris: Cercle d’Art, 1955), 152 (ill.).

Reclining Woman

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The Railway Crossing (Sketch)

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Composition in Blue

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Accordion Player

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The Red Table

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Composition with Statuette

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Still Life

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Still Life

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