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Léger, Fernand
born 1881 in F - Argentan, died 1955 in F - Gif-sur-Yvette
Grand Amphithéatre de la Sorbonne, Paris
poster to the performance by Léon Moussinac, Le Ballet Mécanique
1946, 10th of April
poster without text announcing title, place and time
complete text: Fernand Léger parlera sur l'art moderne et la culture populaire, projections en couleurs Le ballet mécanique, film, mercredi 10 avril, Grand amphithéatre de la Sorbonne (...)
motif: see below
colour lithograph, mounted on linnen
75 cm x 55 cm
print: Mourlot
slight spots or needle holes, any colour pencil marks (see additional picture)
order no. 24832
Léon Moussinac, a French cinema critic, showed the film from the year 1924 "Le ballet mécanique". The film, according to the Circulating Film Library Catalogue at the Museum of Modern Art New York, "remains one of the most influential experimental works in the history of cinema." Collaborating persons were Fernand Léger, Dudley Murphy, Ezra Pound, Man Ray, George Antheil et.al.
The portrayed person on the poster is probably Katherine Hawley Murphy, wife of the American film director and co-director of this film Dudley Murphy. She has a role at the beginning of the film, swinging.
The poster was valid only for one day, it's clear that such a poster is very rare.
Lit.:
Freeman, Judi: Bridging Purism and Surrealism: The Origins and Production of Fernand Léger's Ballet Mécanique. In: Kuenzli, Rudolf E.: Dada and Surrealist Film, The MIT Press Cambridge / Mass. 1996, p.28 - 45, esp. p.36
