Léger, Fernand. The Aviator, 1920. oil on canvas, Framed: 80.1 x 106.7 x 4.6 cm (31 9/16 x 42 x 1 13/16 in.); Unframed: 65 x 92 cm (25 9/16 x 36 1/4 in.); Former: 90.5 x 117.2 x 7 cm (35 5/8 x 46 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.). Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund, 1981.16. Copyrighted undefined.

The Aviator

1920

Fernand Léger

Fernand Léger (French, 1881–1955)

Modern European Painting and Sculpture

The Aviator, 1920. Fernand Léger (French, 1881–1955). Oil on canvas; framed: 80.1 x 106.7 x 4.6 cm (31 9/16 x 42 x 1 13/16 in.); unframed: 65 x 92 cm (25 9/16 x 36 1/4 in.); former: 90.5 x 117.2 x 7 cm (35 5/8 x 46 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1981.16 © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris Trained as an architect to admire pure, geometric forms, Léger wrote that while fighting on the Argonne Front during World War I he was "stunned by the sight of the breech of a 75 millimeter in the sunlight. It was the magic of light on the white metal."

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Léger, Fernand
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: oil on canvas
Medium: oil, canvas
Dimensions: Framed: 80.1 x 106.7 x 4.6 cm (31 9/16 x 42 x 1 13/16 in.); Unframed: 65 x 92 cm (25 9/16 x 36 1/4 in.); Former: 90.5 x 117.2 x 7 cm (35 5/8 x 46 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: Signed lower right: "F LEGER / 20"; inscribed on back: "L'AVIATEUR / DEFINITIF / F. LEGER 20"
Departments: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Accession Number: 1981.16
Credit Line: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
Exhibitions: The Year in Review for 1981, Fernand Léger Retrospective, Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art, <em>Fernand Léger Retrospective</em>. Helly Nahmad Gallery, New York, NY (February 22-May 28, 2005).
Rights Statement: Copyrighted undefined
Museum Location: 223 20th Century Avant-Garde