'Starfish and Swimmers': Design for a Mosaic or Mural

Fernand Léger

ca. 1942 · Brush and yellow, red, green and beige wash, and graphite · Drawings and Prints

Design for a wall decoration comprising a red starfish and figures of swimmers, likely to be executed in mosaic or fresco paint. The drawing relates to a canvas at the Museum of Modern Art in New York entitled 'Starfish (L'Étoile de mer)'.

Artist

Fernand Léger

Date

ca. 1942

Medium

Brush and yellow, red, green and beige wash, and graphite

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Wallace K. Harrison, 1972