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Machine No. 2
Machine No. 2

Machine No. 2

Date1921
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
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Morris Graves
1957
Object number: 59.167
Abstraction
20th century
Object number: 63.75
Cock
ca. 1958
Object number: 59.40
Roses
ca. 1958
Object number: 59.41
Still Life with Melon
ca. 1958
Object number: 59.42
Still Life Variation No. 6
1959
Object number: 60.53
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
1952
Object number: 60.87
1960
Object number: 61.109
Blue Balls
1963
Object number: 64.130
Personnages
ca. 1951
Object number: 55.186