The Structure of Form :: Landscape and Portraiture
Leger's concern is with the structure of form (Colin Rowe)

THE SILENT DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE CUBISTS AND THEIR AFRICAN INTERCESSORS

THE DIALOGUE SILENCIEUX ENTRE LES CUBISTES ET LEURS INTERCESSEURS AFRICAINS
Leger Portraiture "When I transfer the subject of a drawing on to a canvas, I simplify it; I subject its form to the overall conception of this painting; I get rid of the superfluous thing which might be in the way; I clear it of all the parasites which would rob its appearance of purity."
EARLY YEARS: BEFORE 1917
Abstract Composition,1919
THE MECHANICAL PERIOD: 1917-23
Composition,1920
Man in Sweater,1923
La Creation du Monde "I took as my point of departure some Negro statues from the great period.Original dances served as guides. Under the aegis of the three Negro Gods eight metres tall, we witness the birth of men, of plants and of animals."
Design for the Ballet,1922
Leger and the Avant -Garde, Christopher Green - Yale Univ Press 1976 - ISBN 0-300-01800-2
Fernand Leger - Drawings & Gouaches, Jean Cassou & Jean Leymarie - NY Graphic Society Ltd - ISBN 0-8212-0532-3
Fernand Leger, Albright-Knox Art Gallery - Abbeville Press NY - ISBN 0-89659-256-1
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