Homme et femme, 1921

Title

Homme et femme

Draughtsman

• Fernand Léger

Period Produced

• 20th century

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Bleistift

Material

• graphite-clay mixture
• paper

Technique

• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• French

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Monogrammiert und datiert unten mittig (mit Bleistift): FL / 21

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel der Städtischen Galerie, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2371c), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städtische Galerie

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023

Acquisition

Acquired in 1964

Genre

• personal depiction
• abstraction

Primary

• 48A9814 ornament ~ combination of straight and curved lines

Secondary

• 33C233(+0) (lovers) embracing each other, 'symplegma' (+ variant)
• 33C232(+0) (lovers) kissing each other (+ variant)
• 31D14(+0) adult man (+ variant)
• 31D15(+0) adult woman (+ variant)