Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
Fernand Léger (1881-1955)

Curtain design for Création du Monde

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Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
Curtain design for Création du Monde
gouache and pencil on paper
12.3/8 x 18.7/8in. (31.3 x 49.9cm.)
Executed circa 1922 for the production Création du Monde by the Ballet Suédois of Rolf de Maré at the Théâtre des Champs-
Elysées, Paris on October 25, 1923

The ballet, with a libretto by Blaise Centrars and music by Darius Milhaud, was the story of the Creation as seen from the eyes of an African.
Exhibited
Eindhoven, Stedelijk van abbe-museum, Beelden Experiment opie planken, 1964, no. 117
Zurich, Galerie d'Art Moderne, F. Léger, Gouaches et Dessins de 1921-1938, 1964-65, no.5 (illustrated)

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