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Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art
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Image of spread 21 of La Fin du monde, an illustration by Fernand Leger.
Reading La Fin du monde
Christopher Green explores the narrative and illustrations of La Fin du monde.
Christopher Green
June 3
Image of Thorvald Hellesen, Peinture, 1920
La Fin du monde in Context
Christopher Green considers the geopolitical and cultural factors that influenced La Fin du monde.
Christopher Green
June 3
Image of Pablo Picasso, Mlle Léonie from Max Jacob, Saint Matorel, 1910/11
‘People of the Book’: Léger, Cendrars and the Livre d’Artiste
Caroline Levitt examines La Fin du monde within the broader tradition of modernist artist’s books.
Caroline Levitt
June 3
Image of spread 24 of La Fin du monde.
The End of the World, as Filmed by the Angel of Notre-Dame
The first ever English translation of La Fin du monde, The End of the World, as Filmed by the Angel of Notre-Dame.
Mark Polizzotti
June 3
Image of Untitled, Mechanical Composition, Ploughing Motion, around 1918-1920, gouache; India ink on paper, height: 34 cm, width: 45 cm. Photo (C) Adrien Didierjean.
Léger’s Paper Cinema
Lauren Rosati looks at the visual program of La Fin du monde in the context of film and cinematic space in the early 1920s.
Lauren Rosati
June 3
Headshot of Leonard A. Lauder
In Memoriam: Leonard A. Lauder
The Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art commemorates its visionary founder, Leonard A. Lauder, a generous philanthropist, patron of the arts, and humanist.
September 8, 2025