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Les Plongeurs Polychromes

Fernand Léger

European Art

MEDIUM Oil on canvas
DATES 1941–1942
DIMENSIONS 33 x 30 3/4 in. (83.8 x 78.1 cm) frame: 41 3/4 × 39 5/8 × 2 3/4 in. (106 × 100.6 × 7 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS European Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 2004.30.11
CREDIT LINE Gift of The Beatrice and Samuel A. Seaver Foundation
PROVENANCE Before 1944, provenance not yet documented; by April 1944, acquired, possibly from the artist, by Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York, NY; by September 1948, acquired or exhibited by Sidney Janis Gallery, New York; before 1962, reportedly acquired by Galerie Bernheim-Jeune; by February 1962, acquired by Galerie Louis Carré; between 1962 and 1992, provenance not yet documented; by 1992, acquired by Beatrice and Samuel A. Seaver of New York, NY; June 17, 2004, gift of the Beatrice and Samuel A. Seaver Foundation to the Brooklyn Museum.
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CAPTION Fernand Léger (French, 1881–1955). Les Plongeurs Polychromes, 1941–1942. Oil on canvas, 33 x 30 3/4 in. (83.8 x 78.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Beatrice and Samuel A. Seaver Foundation, 2004.30.11. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2004.30.11_PS9.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 2004.30.11_PS9.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2015
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