The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, NY, NY is pleased to present Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection,Oct 20 – Feb 16, 2015, a major exhibition of the essential Cubists—Georges Braque, Juan Gris, Fernand Léger, and Pablo Picasso—traces the invention and development of Cubism using iconic examples from the Leonard A. Lauder Collection’s unparalleled holdings in this foundational modernist movement. The exhibition will mark the first time that the Collection, which Mr. Lauder pledged to the Museum in April 2013, is shown in its entirety. It features 81 paintings, works on paper, and sculpture: 17 by Braque, 15 by Gris, 15 by Léger, and 34 by Picasso.
Image Caption: Fernand Léger, Composition (The Typographer) 1918-19. Oil on canvas.
Promised Gift from the Leonard A. Lauder Cubist Collection
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