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  4. Queen of Hearts

Fernand Léger

French, 1881-1955

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Queen of Hearts, 1949

Artwork Details

Materials

lithograph

Edition:

232/300

Measurements

sheet: 39 3/8 x 21 inches (100.01 x 53.34 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Credit

Gift of Wade Stevenson, 1983

Accession ID

P1983:42.1

Object Classifications:

Prints

Work Type:

Lithograph

Information may change due to ongoing research. Glossary of Terms

Other Works by This Artist

  • La Fumée (Smoke), 1912

    Fernand Léger

    La Fumée (Smoke)
  • Gare (laPort), not dated

    Fernand Léger

    Gare (laPort)
  • Le Siphon, 1924

    Fernand Léger

    Le Siphon
  • Le Village dans la forêt (The Village in the Forest), 1914

    Fernand Léger

    Le Village dans la forêt (The Village in the Forest)
  • Composition with Profile, 1948

    Fernand Léger

    Composition with Profile
  • La Fleur qui marche (The Walking Flower), 1951

    Fernand Léger

    La Fleur qui marche (The Walking Flower)
  • Untitled, 1952

    Fernand Léger

    Untitled
  • La Fermiere, 1953

    Fernand Léger

    La Fermiere
  • La Flèche (The Arrow), 1919

    Fernand Léger

    Delicate marks in black ink and watercolor fill this white paper. Slightly to the left of the center is a square road sign with a white, left-facing arrow on a black background. The imagery surrounding this sign fluctuates between abstract and representational. Fragmented symbols, beams, and pipes emerge from planar surfaces and angular contours. Multiple repetitive lines and angles evoke movement, suggesting an industrial environment, such as a railroad crossing.

Collection Highlights

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  • Drift 2, 1966

    Bridget Riley

    Drift No. 2
  • Dinamismo di un cane al guinzaglio (Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash), 1912

    Giacomo Balla

    Dinamismo di un cane al guinzaglio (Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash)
  • Synecdoche, 2008

    Byron Kim

    Thirty-six, portrait-oriented rectangles in monochromatic shades ranging from cool peach to warm caramel to dark brown are arranged randomly in a in a six-by-six grid.
  • Symphony Orchestra, 1916

    Man Ray

    Symphony Orchestra
  • The Tree, 1965

    Agnes Martin

    On a square white canvas, artist Agnes Martin drew by hand a dense grid using graphite pencil. When seen up close, minor irregularities in the grid, including the straightness of the lines and spacing between them, are visible. From a distance, the faint lines of the grid appear to blend into the white canvas.
  • Flowers in a Vase, 1909

    Henri Rousseau

    Flowers in a Vase
  • Divisibilité indéfinie (Indefinite Divisibility), 1942

    Yves Tanguy

    Two biomorphic forms sit side by side in the foreground of this abstract, dream-like landscape. The smaller form on the left includes a gray square with red sticks emerging from its left side. Narrow gray stalks support the blue and pink shapes that make up the taller form on the right, which casts a long shadow toward the top left corner of the painting. Nine small circular discs with white sides and blue surfaces appear scattered throughout the scene.
  • Son, 1984

    Francesco Clemente

    This vertically oriented painting features portions of a dark tree trunk, branches, and leaves set against patches of light gray sky. Hanging from select branches are four large yellow orbs resembling suns or planets. T-shaped fasteners connect these hanging shapes to the tree.
  • La Toilette, 1906

    Pablo Picasso

    La toilette

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