
Fumées sur les toits
1912
Fernand Léger's 'Fumées sur les toits' (Smoke over the Roofs, 1912) combines gouache and oil on paper to depict an urban industrial scene. The work showcases Léger's modernist aesthetic and interest in contemporary urban landscapes.
- Medium
- gouache and oil on paper
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Modern and Contemporary Evening Auction, featuring Face to Face: A Celebration of Portraiture
June 27, 2023
Estimate: $800,000 to $1,200,000
Lot 133
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Robert Delaunay
French · b. 1885

Delaunay similarly depicted modern urban Parisian scenes using fragmented geometric forms and vibrant color relationships rooted in Cubist principles, as seen in his series of city and tower paintings from the same era.

Albert Gleizes
French · b. 1881

Gleizes was a core Cubist painter who focused on industrial and urban landscape subjects, breaking cityscapes and architectural forms into interlocking geometric planes with a similarly modernist and dynamic visual energy.

Charles Demuth
American · b. 1883

Demuth created Precisionist works depicting industrial urban environments using geometric fragmentation and mixed media on paper, sharing Leger's interest in smoke, factories, and the aesthetic beauty of modern industrial architecture.
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