FERNAND LÉGER
Léger and Purist Paris.
£20

London: Tate Gallery, 1971. Original covers. 8vo. Exhibition catalogue. 109pp. 127 illustrations including 8 in colour. Catalogue of 126 works exhibited (73 by Léger and and 53 by other artists working in Paris during the period covered by the exhibition, 1918-1928), with Purism (formalist abstract art) the central focus.

Foreword is by Norman Reid; preface and introductory essay “Léger and the Heroism of Modern Life” by John Golding. Other essays include one by Professor Christopher Green of the Courtauld Institute. Selection of writings by the artist; notes on selected works exhibited; biographies of twenty-seven additional artists represented in the exhibition, bibliography.

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