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Woman with a Cat

1921
Not on view
Woman with a Cat belongs to a group of monumental female figures that Léger painted throughout the 1920s. Motionless and frontal, this colossal nude might be made of stone or metal, evoking at once a classical sculpture and a futuristic robot. While Léger’s subject is rooted in European, particularly French, artistic traditions, his streamlined style reflects contemporary design aesthetics that the painter’s friend, the architect Le Corbusier, advocated and popularized.

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  • Title: Woman with a Cat
  • Artist: Fernand Léger (French, Argentan 1881–1955 Gif-sur-Yvette)
  • Date: 1921
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 51 1/2 × 35 5/8 in. (130.8 × 90.5 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Florene M. Schoenborn, 1994
  • Object Number: 1994.486
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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