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The Divers

A work made of gouache, watercolor, and black ink, over traces of graphite on tan wove paper, squared in graphite, and laid down on wood-pulp laminate board.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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  • A work made of gouache, watercolor, and black ink, over traces of graphite on tan wove paper, squared in graphite, and laid down on wood-pulp laminate board.

Date:

1942

Artist:

Fernand Léger
French, 1881-1955

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Fernand Léger

Title

The Divers

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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.

1942

Medium

Gouache, watercolor, and black ink, over traces of graphite on tan wove paper, squared in graphite, and laid down on wood-pulp laminate board

Inscriptions

Signed recto, bottom center, in pen and black ink: "F. L. 42"

Dimensions

53.4 × 70.8 cm (21 1/16 × 27 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Shapiro

Reference Number

1996.627

Copyright

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

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