Léger

Summary information

Date

Tue Oct 20 1953 until Sun Jan 03 1954

Location

MoMA ^{type:exhibition building spaces}
11 West 53rd St. ^{type:thoroughfare names}

Carried out by

The Museum of Modern Art

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Concurrent exhibitions

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1953

1954

August 1953

September 1953

October 1953

November 1953

December 1953

January 1954

February 1954

March 1954

Léger

Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection

Jacques Villon: His Graphic Art

Good Design

Architecture for the State Department

Premium Toys Designed for Industry

New Talent Exhibition in the Penthouse: Monroe, Schwartz, Sowers

Young American Printmakers

Children's Holiday Carnival

Recent Acquisitions, 1946–1953: Department of Architecture and Design

Hansa Group Show

Jane Wilson

Wolf Kahn: Paintings-Drawings-Pastels

Barbara Forst

Richard Stankiewicz: Works of 1953

Felix Pasilis

Joseph Groell: Paintings

Elise Asher: Paintings

George Ortman: Paintings

Christmas Show: Works by 68 Artists

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

#	Start	End	Title
1	1946-07	1954-09	Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection
2	1953-09	1953-11	Jacques Villon: His Graphic Art
3	1953-09	1953-11	Good Design
4	1953-10	1953-11	Architecture for the State Department
5	1953-10	1953-12	Premium Toys Designed for Industry
6	1953-11	1954-01	New Talent Exhibition in the Penthouse: Monroe, Schwartz, Sowers
7	1953-11	1954-01	Young American Printmakers
8	1953-12	1954-01	Children's Holiday Carnival
9	1953-12	1954-02	Recent Acquisitions, 1946–1953: Department of Architecture and Design

#	Start	End	Title
1	1952-12	1953-12	Hansa Group Show
2	1953-10	1953-10	Jane Wilson
3	1953-10	1953-11	Wolf Kahn: Paintings-Drawings-Pastels
4	1953-11	1953-11	Barbara Forst
5	1953-11	1953-12	Richard Stankiewicz: Works of 1953
6	1953-12	1953-12	Felix Pasilis

#	Start	End	Title
1	1953-10	1953-10	Joseph Groell: Paintings
2	1953-10	1953-11	Elise Asher: Paintings
3	1953-11	1953-12	George Ortman: Paintings
4	1953-12	1954-01	Christmas Show: Works by 68 Artists

Artists

There were 1 persons who influenced this exhibition.

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Fernand Léger

Biographical statement French, 1881–1955

Born 1881 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1955

Nationality French

Gender Male

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Fernand Léger was involved in 157 exhibitions across 9 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 25 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 2010s with 6 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1930-01	1930-03	Crown Building	Painting in Paris
2	1930-06	1930-09	Crown Building	Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture
3	1932-06	1932-10	MoMA	Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture
4	1932-07	1932-10	MoMA	A Brief Survey of Modern Painting
5	1933-07	1933-09	MoMA	Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture
6	1933-10	1933-10	MoMA	Modern European Art
7	1934-01	1934-02	MoMA	International Exhibition of Theatre Art
8	1934-08	1934-09	MoMA	Color Reproductions: Modern Watercolors and Pastels
9	1934-11	1935-01	MoMA	Modern Works of Art: 5th Anniversary Exhibition
10	1935-06	1935-09	MoMA	Summer Exhibition: The Museum Collection and a Private Collection on Loan
11	1935-09	1935-10	MoMA	Fernand Léger: Paintings and Drawings
12	1936-03	1936-04	MoMA	Cubism and Abstract Art
13	1936-04	1936-09	MoMA	Modern Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators
14	1937-06	1937-11	Rockefeller Center	Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection and on Loan
15	1939-05	1939-09	MoMA	Painting, Sculpture, Prints

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-01	1940-03	MoMA	Paintings and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
2	1940-10	1941-01	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
3	1941-05		MoMA	Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
4	1941-07	1941-07	MoMA	Abstract Painting; Shapes of Things
5	1942-03	1942-05	MoMA	New Acquisitions and Extended Loans: Cubist and Abstract Art
6	1942-12	1943-01	MoMA	Twentieth Century Portraits
7	1944-02	1944-05	MoMA	Modern Drawings
8	1944-05	1944-10	MoMA	Painting, Sculpture, Prints
9	1944-05	1944-09	MoMA	Dance and Theatre Design
10	1944-11	1945-05	MoMA	Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection
11	1945-02	1945-03	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions
12	1945-06	1946-02	MoMA	The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture
13	1945-09	1945-11	MoMA	Costume Carnival
14	1946-02	1946-05	MoMA	The Museum Collection of Painting
15	1946-07	1946-09	MoMA	Paintings from New York Private Collections
16	1946-07	1954-09	MoMA	Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection
17	1947-04	1947-05	MoMA	Large-Scale Modern Paintings
18	1947-04	1947-06	MoMA	Drawings in the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art
19	1947-10	1948-01	MoMA	World of Illusion: Elements of Stage Design
20	1948-10	1948-10	MoMA	Print Gift of Victor S. Riesenfeld and Matisse: Jazz: Gift of the Artist
21	1949-05	1949-07	MoMA	Master Prints from the Museum Collection
22	1949-10	1949-12	MoMA	Modern Art in Your Life

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-01	1950-05	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions
2	1950-07	1950-09	MoMA	Three Modern Styles
3	1950-07	1950-11	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions
4	1952-01	1952-03	MoMA	Masterworks Acquired through the Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund
5	1952-03	1952-05	MoMA	Posters by Painters and Sculptors
6	1952-08	1952-09	MoMA	Works from the Museum Collection
7	1952-12	1953-01	MoMA	New Children's Holiday Carnival of Modern Art
8	1952-12		MoMA	Gallery Expansion and New Acquisitions
9	1953-02	1953-03	MoMA	New Acquisitions
10	1953-06	1953-10	MoMA	Summer Exhibition: New Acquisitions; Recent American Prints, 1947–1953; Katherine S. Dreier Bequest; Kuniyoshi and Spencer; Expressionism in Germany; Varieties of Realism
11	1953-10	1954-01	MoMA	Léger
12	1954-04	1954-06	MoMA	Faces and Figures: Drawings from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art
13	1954-10	1955-02	MoMA	XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
14	1954-12	1955-02	MoMA	Modern Masterprints of Europe
15	1955-03	1955-04	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection: New Acquisitions
16	1955-08	1955-09	MoMA	Léger Memorial
17	1955-10	1955-10	MoMA	Selections from the Art Lending Service
18	1955-11	1956-02	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions
19	1955-12	1956-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Carnival of Modern Art
20	1957-01	1957-02	MoMA	Drawings Recently Acquired for the Museum Collection
21	1958-10		MoMA	Second Floor Permanent Collection
22	1958-10	1958-11	MoMA	Philip L. Goodwin Collection
23	1958-10	1958-11	MoMA	Works of Art: Given or Promised
24	1959-07	1959-10	MoMA	Drawings, Watercolors, Collages: New Acquisitions
25	1959-12	1960-01	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1960-04		Parke-Bernet Galleries	Fifty Modern Paintings and Sculpture Especially Donated for the Benefit of the 30th Anniversary Fund of The Museum of Modern Art
2	1960-10	1961-01	MoMA	100 Drawings from the Museum Collection
3	1960-10	1961-01	MoMA	Fernand Léger in the Museum Collection
4	1962-11	1963-01	MoMA	Lettering by Hand
5	1962-11		MoMA	Selections from the Art Lending Service
6	1964-05	1965-03	MoMA	Drawings from the Museum Collections: A Selection
7	1964-05		MoMA	Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
8	1965-02	1965-04	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture
9	1965-11	1966-01	MoMA	The School of Paris: Paintings from the Florence May Schoenborn and Samuel A. Marx Collection
10	1967-08		MoMA	Selections from the Art Lending Service
11	1968-01	1968-03	MoMA	The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection
12	1968-01	1968-03	MoMA	Word and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 1879–1967
13	1968-06	1968-08	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture
14	1969-04	1969-11	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
15	1969-05	1969-09	MoMA	Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection
16	1969-11	1973-01	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1970-02	1970-03	MoMA	Mrs. Simon Guggenheim, 1877–1970: In Memoriam
2	1970-05	1970-08	MoMA	Preliminary Drawings
3	1971-07	1971-11	MoMA	Ways of Looking
4	1972-03		MoMA	Permanent Collection
5	1972-10	1973-01	MoMA	Philadelphia in New York: 90 Modern Works from the Philadelphia Museum of Art
6	1973-05	1973-08	MoMA	Drawings from the Kröller-Müller National Museum, Otterlo
7	1973-11	1974-01	MoMA	Painters for the Theatre: An Invitation to the Theatre Arts Collection
8	1974-06	1974-09	MoMA	Seurat to Matisse: Drawing in France
9	1975-03	1975-06	MoMA	In the Twenties
10	1975-08	1975-09	MoMA	Modern Masters: Manet to Matisse
11	1975-09	1975-11	MoMA	Drawings: Recent Gifts
12	1976-02	1976-05	MoMA	Cubism and Its Affinities
13	1976-08	1976-11	MoMA	Between World Wars: Drawing in Europe and America
14	1976-12	1977-03	MoMA	European Master Paintings from Swiss Collections: Post-Impressionism to World War II
15	1977-12	1978-03	MoMA	Arp on Paper
16	1978-04	1978-07	MoMA	A Treasury of Modern Drawing: The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection
17	1979-11	1980-01	MoMA	Art of the Twenties

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1980-05	1980-09	MoMA	Around Picasso
2	1980-10		MoMA	Reinstallation of the Collection
3	1980-10	1981-01	MoMA	Masterpieces from the Collection: Selections from the Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Centuries
4	1981-03	1981-06	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions: Drawings
5	1982-03	1982-03	British Museum	A Century of Modern Drawing, 1881–1981
6	1983-03	1983-05	MoMA	Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now
7	1983-10	1984-01	MoMA	The Modern Drawing: 100 Works on Paper from The Museum of Modern Art
8	1984-05		MoMA	Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture
9	1984-05		MoMA	Selections from the Permanent Collection: Prints and Illustrated Books
10	1985-10	1986-01	MoMA	Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910–1980
11	1987-01	1987-06	MoMA	Drawings Acquisitions
12	1987-10	1988-03	MoMA	European Drawing Between the Wars
13	1987-11	1988-03	MoMA	Master Prints from the Collection
14	1988-11	1989-03	MoMA	Abstractions
15	1988-11	1989-01	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions
16	1989-03	1989-07	MoMA	Watercolors: Selections from the Permanent Collection
17	1989-07	1989-11	MoMA	Painters for the Theater
18	1989-08	1989-11	MoMA	The Cubist Imprint

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1990-06	1990-09	MoMA	Artist's Choice: Ellsworth Kelly, Fragmentation and the Single Form
2	1990-07	1990-09	MoMA	Drawing in Europe, 1881–1938
3	1990-07	1990-11	MoMA	Master Prints from the Collection
4	1990-11	1991-03	MoMA	Still Life Into Object
5	1991-02	1991-04	MoMA	Art of the Forties
6	1991-11	1992-03	MoMA	Master Prints from the Collection
7	1992-05	1992-07	MoMA	Modern Drawing, 1881–1938: Selections from the Collection
8	1992-09		MoMA	Selections from the Collection
9	1992-09	1993-02	MoMA	Selections from the Collection
10	1993-03	1993-07	MoMA	Reading Prints
11	1993-07		MoMA	Selections from the Permanent Collection of Painting and Sculpture
12	1993-07	1993-08	MoMA	Masterworks from the Collection pre-1945
13	1993-07	1993-09	MoMA	Pastimes in Prints
14	1994-03	1994-05	MoMA	Artist's Choice: John Baldessari
15	1994-05	1994-08	MoMA	Master Prints from the Collection
16	1994-10	1995-01	MoMA	A Century of Artists Books
17	1995-08	1995-10	MoMA	Selections from the Bequest of Nina and Gordon Bunshaft
18	1996-05	1996-10	MoMA	Master Prints From the Collection
19	1997-02	1997-03	MoMA	Masterworks from the Florene May Schoenborn Bequest
20	1997-05	1997-08	MoMA	Objects of Desire: The Modern Still Life
21	1997-06	1997-09	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions in Modern Drawings
22	1998-02	1998-06	MoMA	Fernand Léger
23	1999-10	2000-02	MoMA	Composing with the Figure
24	1999-10	2000-03	MoMA	Unreal City

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2000-03	2000-08	MoMA	War
2	2000-04	2000-09	MoMA	Seeing Double
3	2000-05	2001-01	MoMA	Collection Highlights
4	2001-02	2002-02	MoMA	Collection Highlights
5	2002-06	2004-09	MoMA	To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection
6	2004-11		MoMA	Painting and Sculpture: Inaugural Installation
7	2005-04	2005-07	MoMA	Artists and Prints: Part 2
8	2006-01	2006-12	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture Changes 2006
9	2006-05	2006-10	MoMA	Transforming Chronologies: An Atlas of Drawings, Part 2
10	2008-01	2008-12	MoMA	Public Spaces Changes
11	2008-01	2008-12	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture Changes 2008
12	2009-01	2009-12	MoMA	Painting and Scultpure Changes 2009
13	2009-01	2009-12	MoMA	Public Spaces Changes 2009
14	2009-03	2009-09	MoMA	Stage Pictures: Drawing for Performance

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2010-01	2010-12	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture Changes 2010
2	2011-01	2011-12	MoMA	Public Spaces Changes 2011; includes Paula Hayes, Nocturne of the Limax maximus
3	2011-01	2011-12	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture Changes 2011
4	2012-01	2012-12	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture Changes 2012
5	2012-12	2013-04	MoMA	Inventing Abstraction: 1910–1925
6	2013-01	2013-12	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture Changes 2013

Léger

Summary information

Date

Location

Carried out by

Concurrent exhibitions

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

MoMA

Hansa Gallery

Tanager Gallery

Artists

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Fernand Léger

Exhibitions

1930s (15)

1940s (22)

1950s (25)

1960s (16)

1970s (17)

1980s (18)

1990s (24)

2000s (14)

2010s (6)

Acknowledgements