Brancusi and America
The story of Constantin Brancusi (1876–1957) and America is long and rich, though to date told only in parts. The artist's innovations are so numerous—and so apparently contradictory—that doubts can…
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Fernand Léger
From the Archives: Max Kozloff on Cubism’s Ugly Figures, in 1972
For the artist and writer, misogyny was implicit in many Cubist works by French male painters.
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Never-Auctioned Léger Estimated at $65 M. Will Lead Christie’s Imp-Mod Sale During New York Auctions in November
The work could set a new record for the artist.
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From the Archives: Henry Geldzahler on the Late Work of Fernand Léger, in 1962
On the occasion of the 1962 exhibition “Fernand Léger: Five Themes and Variations” at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the curator Henry Geldzahler penned the following essay, which…
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A Life’s Work: As Her Reputation Surges, Luchita Hurtado Discusses Her Long Career
Sometime in the mid-1940s, the artist Luchita Hurtado, then in her 20s, boarded a Madison Avenue bus in Manhattan to go to an opening at Pierre Matisse’s gallery on East 57th Street. “There was…
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Cubist Misunderstanding: An Argument Against Fernand Léger, in 1967
In honor of the Museum Ludwig’s show “Fernand Léger: Painting in Space,” we turn back to the February 1967 issue of ARTnews, in which Marcelin Pleynet made an argument against the French modernist pai…
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The Thoroughly Modern Met
With the Lauder Collection gift, the Met reframes the Cubist movement for the 21st century
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