Date
Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.
Christian Zervos, “Fernand Léger et le Développement de sa Conception des Objets dans L’Espace,” Cahiers d’Art 4:4 (May 1929), p. 156 (ill.), as Nature Morte, 1929.
“Exposition Fernand Léger au Kunsthaus de Zurich,” Cahiers d’Art 8:3–4 (1933), n.p. (ill.), as Nature Morte.
Durand-Ruel, 12 Paintings by 6 French Artists from the Collection of M. Paul Rosenberg, exh. cat. (New York: Durand-Ruel, 1935), cat. 8, as Still Life.
Rosenberg and Helft, Exhibition of Works by Léger, exh. cat. (London: Rosenberg and Helft, 1938), n. p., cat. 7, as Nature Morte.
Michel Georges-Michel, Les Grandes Epoques de la Peinture “Moderne” (Paris: Brentano, 1945), opp. p. 177 (ill.).
Northwestern University, Centennial Loan Exhibition: Modern Paintings from Private Collections in the Chicago Area, exh. cat. (Evanston: Northwestern University, 1951), n. p., cat. 26.
Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1961), p. 257.
Instituto de Arte de Chicago (El Mundo de los Museos) (Buenos Aires: Editorial Codex, 1967), pp. 14 and 75, no. 98, fig. 2.
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Léger and the Machine, exh. cat. (Honolulu, Hawaii: Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1969), pp. 5 and 13, cat. 17 (ill.).
A. James Speyer and Courtney Graham Donnell, Twentieth Century European Paintings (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980), p. 51, no. 2D12.
Georges Bauquier, Fernand Léger: Catalogue raisonné 1925-1928 (Paris: Adrien Maeght, 1993), pp. 280–281, no. 556 (ill.).
Art Institute, Masterworks of Modern Art from The Art Institute of Chicago, exh. cat. (Nagaoka: Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, 1994), pp. 108, cat. 30, 109 (ill.), as Sketch for the Railway Crossing, 1919.
Zurich, Switzerland, Kunsthaus, Fernand Léger, April 30–May 25, 1933, cat. 122, as Nature morte à la pipe.
New York, Durand-Ruel, 12 Paintings by 6 French Artists from the Collection of M. Paul Rosenberg, 1935, cat. 8, as Still Life.
London, Rosenberg and Helft, Exhibition of Works by Léger, January 17–February 16, 1938, n. p., cat. 7, as Nature Morte.
New York, Arts of this Century, April 11–May 6, 1944.
Evanston, Ill., Northwestern University, Centennial Loan Exhibition: Modern Paintings from Private Collections in the Chicago Area, April 9–26, 1951, n. p., cat. 26.
New York, E. and A. Silberman Galleries, 1954–1955.
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Léger and the Machine, September 11–October 26, 1969, pp. 5 and 13, cat. 17 (ill.).
Art Institute and Asahi Shimbun (organizers), Masterworks of Modern Art from The Art Institute of Chicago, pp. 108, cat. 30, 109 (ill.), as Sketch for the Railway Crossing, 1919; traveled to Nagaoka, Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, April 20–May 29, 1994; Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, June 10–July 24, 1994; and Yokohama Museum of Art, August 6–September 25, 1994.
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