About the Artwork
Study in Four Colors
1940
Fernand Léger
1881-1955
French
Unknown
Gouache on tan wove paper
Sheet: 28 × 17 1/2 inches (71.1 × 44.5 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of John S. Newberry
44.272
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Markings
Signed, in pencil, lower right: F.L
Inscribed, in pencil, lower right by artists initials: 40/17
Provenance
John S. Newberry
1944-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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John S. Newberry Collection. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1965, p. 55 (ill.).
Ten By Ten. Exh. cat., Denver Art Museum. Denver, 1954, no. 31.
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Fernand Léger, Study in Four Colors, 1940, gouache on tan wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of John S. Newberry, 44.272.
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