Les toits (Roofs), from the series "La Ville (The City)"

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Les toits (Roofs), from the series "La Ville (The City)"
Les toits (Roofs), from the series "La Ville (The City)"
Artist/Maker (French, 1881 - 1955)
Date1955 (published 1959)
MediumLithograph
DimensionsComposition: 18 1/2 in. × 14 in. (47 × 35.6 cm) Sheet: 26 × 20 in. (66 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineTransferred from the Student Loan Collection
Object number1983.11
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Exhibition History 1983
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Selections from the Hamilton College Collection", June 18 - August 14, 1983 (no cat.).
Provenance May 1983: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Student Loan Collection.
Markings Flourish in black crayon over signature at lower right
Signature Signed in pencil at lower right: F. Leger; stamped at lower right: F. Leger
Inscribed Editioned in pencil at lower left of composition: 57/180; entitled in pencil at lower left: Les Toits; inscribed in pencil at lower center: 79-238-16 CI $50.-
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by J…
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Medium: Lithograph
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Medium: Lithograph on newsprint
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Medium: Lithograph on paper
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Medium: Lithograph on parchment paper
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Eliza Pratt Greatorex
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