Still Life: King of Diamonds

Date
Artist
Fernand Léger, French, b. Argentan, 1881–1955
Provenance
Galerie Simon (later Galerie Louise Leiris), Paris, 1927-1951
Philippe Dotremont, Brussels, from 1951
J. B. Urvater, Brussels, by 1957-17 March 1964
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 17 March 1964-23 September 1964
Harold Diamond, New York, 23 September 1964-21 October 1964
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 21 October 1964-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
KUNSTHAUS, Zurich. "Fernand Leger," 30 April-25 May 1933.
CERCLE ROYAL ARTISTIQUE ET LITTERAIRE, XXXe SALON, Brussles. "Hommage a Leger," 1956.
RIJKSMUSEUM KROLLER-MULLER, Otterlo, The Netherlands. "Les grandes collections belges: Collection Urvater," 1957, no. 70, ill.; MUSEE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE LA VILLE DE LIEGE, Belgium.
TATE GALLERY, London. "Urvater Collection," December 1958-January 1959.
MUSEE NATIONAL D'ART MODERNE, Paris. "L'Ecole de Paris dans les collections belges," 9 July-August 1959, no. 91.
GALERIE BEYELER, Basel, Switzerland. "Fernand Leger," May-June 1964, no. 25, ill. p. 51.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, no. 395, colorpl.
STAATLICHE KUNSTHALLE, Berlin. "Fernand Leger 1881-1955," 24 October 1980-7 Janaury 1981, ill. p. 281, cat. no. 50.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Comparisons: An Exercise in Looking," 11 December 1990-21 April 1991, ill. in exhibition brochure.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Washington, DC. "The America's Smithsonian 150th Anniversary Exhibition," 1996.
Published References
TERIADE, E. "Documentaire sur la Jeune Peinture: l'avenement classique de Cubisme," Cahiers d'Art, 4/10 (1929), p. 425, no. 6, ill.
UNSIGNED. "Fernand Leger au Kunsthaus de Zurich," Cahiers d'Art, 8/3-4 (1933), ill. n.p.
HOCTIN, LUCE. "Une maison pour des tableaux," l'Oeil, no. 88 (April 1962), ill. p. 48.
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974), p. 712, no. 395, colorpl., p. 282.
LERNER, ABRAM. An Introduction of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974), no. 54.
LINDSTROM, NAOMI. "Xui Solar's Synthesis," Americas, 31/6-7 (June-July 1979), ill. p. 22.
GIBSON, ERIC. "Hirshhorn asks right questions," Washington Times (13 December 1990), p. E3.
BAUQUIER, GEORGES. Fernand Leger, catalogue raisonne 1925-1928 (Paris: A. Maeght, 1993), no. 477, colorpl. pp. 150-151.
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Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.2989
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
36 1/4 X 25 7/8 IN. (92.0 X 65.5 CM.)