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Paper Moons (Lunes en Papier)

Date:

1921

Artist:

Fernand Léger (French, 1881-1955) and André Malraux (French, 1901-1976)
published by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (French, 1884-1979) and Editions de la Galerie Simon (French, 20th century)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Fernand Léger

Title

Paper Moons (Lunes en Papier)

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1921

Medium

Book with six woodcuts in black on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

32.2 × 23.3 × 0.7 cm (12 11/16 × 9 3/16 × 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg in memory of Bessie Kisloff Braude, Esq.

Reference Number

2014.483

Copyright

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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