Beschreibung:

Léger, Fernand. - Eluard, Paul. Liberté, j'écris ton nom. Gefaltetes Leporello. 32 x 127 cm. Typographie und farbige Gestaltung von Fernand Léger Paris, Seghers, 1953. Eines von 200 nummer. Exemplaren auf Papier Auvergne ... été illustrés à la main par Fernand Léger luji même, les exemplaires sut papier auvergne ont été decorés au pochoir par Albert Jon d'après la composition originale de l'artiste". "Éluard and Léger met each other right after World War II. Beyond their political involvement - they were both members of the communist party - they shared their pursuit of sincerity. This nucleus of their friendship also found artistic expression: in 1947 Léger painted Éluard's portrait. Éluard in turn wrote the poems Les constructeurs and A Fernand Léger for Léger. Then, in 1953, Léger illustrated Éluard's concertina book Liberté, j'écris ton nom. - The artworks by Fernand Léger - the son of a cattle merchant - had to be accessible to everyone, but especially to the working class, which usually had no experience of the art world. Much of his work from around World War II therefore exhibits a characteristic of solidarity and social consciousness. These worksare similar to politically inflected advertising banners on which slogans are displayed in bright colours. And yet Léger developed a highly personal style after flirting briefly with Cubism and Futurism" (Koninklijke Bibliotheek). – Tadellos und farbfrisch erhalten.