id: 150359 accession number: 1981.16 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1981.16 updated: 2024-03-26 01:59:47.077000 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 title: The Aviator title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1920 creation date earliest: 1920 creation date latest: 1920 current location: 223 20th Century Avant-Garde creditline: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund copyright: © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris --- culture: France, 20th century technique: oil on canvas department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960 type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Fernand Léger (French, 1881–1955) - artist --- measurements: 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signed lower right: "F LEGER / 20"; inscribed on back: "L'AVIATEUR / DEFINITIF / F. LEGER 20" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Year in Review for 1981 opening date: 1982-02-17T05:00:00 The Year in Review for 1981. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982). title: Fernand Léger Retrospective opening date: 2005-02-22T00:00:00 Fernand Léger Retrospective. Helly Nahmad Gallery, New York, NY (organizer) (February 22-May 28, 2005). title: Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2006-05-27T00:00:00 Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Fernand Léger Retrospective. Helly Nahmad Gallery, New York, NY (February 22-May 28, 2005).', 'opening_date': '2005-02-22T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE (D. H. Kahnweiler, Paris, France) date: footnotes: citations: (Alfred Flechtheim, Berlin,Germany) date: footnotes: citations: Kofler-Herni Coll. date: footnotes: citations: (Galerie Beyeler, Basel Switzerland) date: footnotes: citations: (Perls Galleries, New York, NY, 1981, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: 1981 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1981- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art, “Major Leger Painting Acquired by the Cleveland Museum of Art,” March 31, 1981, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. page number: url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr2869 Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1981.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 69, no. 2 (1982): 39–82. page number: Reproduced: P. 42 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159758 Henning, Edward B. “The Aviator: A Major Painting by Fernand Léger.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 69, no. 3 (1982): 87–93. page number: Reproduced: cover, P. 92, fig. 12; Mentioned: P. 87-93 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159762 Blass, Brigit. Aviatik und Avantgarde: Fliegen und Schweben. Köln, Germany: Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Presse & Information, 1988. page number: Reproduced: p. 27 url: Fernand Léger Retrospective. New York, New York: Helly Nahmad Gallery, 2005. page number: Reproduced and mentioned: p. 38-39, no. 5 url: Sims, Lowery S. The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006. page number: Reproduced: p. 17, fig. 1 url: --- IMAGES