Three Women
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Three Women is a 1921 Cubist-inspired painting by Fernand Léger that depicts three stylized female figures in a bold, mechanized, and brightly colored composition emblematic of his “machine aesthetic.”
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Three Women canonical | 2 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
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work of art ⓘ |
| artist | Fernand Léger ⓘ |
| artisticApproach |
mechanization of the human figure
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simplification into geometric shapes ⓘ |
| collection |
Museum of Modern Art
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surface form:
Museum of Modern Art collection
|
| colorPalette |
bright colors
ⓘ
contrasting colors ⓘ |
| compositionCharacteristic |
bold composition
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flattened space ⓘ overlapping planes ⓘ rhythmic repetition of forms ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | public domain ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Fernand Léger ⓘ |
| depicts |
interior scene
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three female figures ⓘ woman ⓘ |
| describedAs |
emblematic of Léger’s machine aesthetic
ⓘ
mechanized composition ⓘ |
| genre | Cubist painting ⓘ |
| hasPart |
bold color blocks
ⓘ
geometric forms ⓘ mechanical elements ⓘ patterned background ⓘ stylized female figure ⓘ |
| inception | 1921 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Cubism
ⓘ
Purism ⓘ industrial forms ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| location | Museum of Modern Art ⓘ |
| locationCity | New York City ⓘ |
| locationCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| medium | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement |
Cubism
ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ |
| partOf | Fernand Léger’s machine aesthetic period ⓘ |
| style |
Cubist-inspired
ⓘ
machine aesthetic ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| theme |
femininity in the machine age
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modern life ⓘ relationship between humans and machines ⓘ |
| titleInOriginalLanguage | Trois femmes ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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