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Machine No. 2
Machine No. 2

Machine No. 2

Date1921
Maker Fernand Léger French, 1881-1955
Label TextFernand Léger was enamored with the rigor of mechanical objects, utilizing them in his compositions as vehicles for the orchestration of volume, line, rhythm and color. Machine forms were also consummately modern, embraced as well by architects and designers from this period as signifiers of a new direction and a break from the past.
Object number57.84
Exhibition HistoryVancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver Art Gallery, The Seattle Art Museum Lends, Mar. 13 - Apr. 11, 1976. No cat. no. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Modern Art Pavilion, Tribute to Zoe Dusanne, Mar. 24 - May 8, 1977.
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions13 7/8 x 10 1/4 in. (35.24 x 26.04 cm)
MediumGouache on paper
Fernand Léger
1949
Object number: 65.167
Composition with Vine
Fernand Léger
1929
Object number: 65.166
Man Chasing Rats in a Cashew Tree
Fernand Pierre
ca. 1950
Object number: 53.169
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Morris Graves
1957
Object number: 59.167
Abstraction
Zvi Mairovich
20th century
Object number: 63.75
Cock
Jesus Reyes
ca. 1958
Object number: 59.40
Roses
Jesus Reyes
ca. 1958
Object number: 59.41
Still Life with Melon
Jesus Reyes
ca. 1958
Object number: 59.42
Still Life Variation No. 6
Jack Leonard Shadbolt
1959
Object number: 60.53
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Kenjiro Nomura
1952
Object number: 60.87
Gian Berto Vanni
1960
Object number: 61.109
Blue Balls
Sam Francis
1963
Object number: 64.130