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Painting by Fernand Léger
The City (La Ville)
ArtistFernand Léger
Year1919
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions231.1 cm × 298.4 cm (91.0 in × 117.5 in)
LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia

The City (French: La Ville) is a 1919 painting by French painter and sculptor Fernand Léger. The painting is Cubist in style and is now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Albert Eugene Gallatin donated the piece to the museum in 1952 and it has also been shown at the Guggenheim Museum. In reviews of the Guggenheim exhibit, both The City and other works in the show were praised.

References

  1. ^ "The City". The Philadelphia Museum of Art. 1 January 1995. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Front Matter". Philadelphia Museum of Art Bulletin. 56 (268). 1 December 1961.
  3. Canaday, John (4 March 1962). "Léger: Late Works at the Guggenheim Resolve Any Doubts as to His Achievement". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
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