FERNAND LEGER - The Figure April 1965, Chalette, New York

New York: Galerie Chalette. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1965. First Edition. Paperback. 66 pages; Clean and secure in original pictorial wrappers with a colour reproduction of Leger's "The Country Outing." in clear acetate dustjacket with "Fernand Leger" printed on front wrapper in large bold type. An exhibition commemorating the 10th anniversary of Fernand Leger's death. OCLC 187409418 Essay by Fernand Leger; quotations from Leger juxtaposed with reproductions of 21 works; six in colour. Galerie Chalette was a private contemporary art gallery in Manhattan, New York, USA. It was founded by the married art dealers and collectors Madeleine Chalette Lejwa (1915–1996) and Arthur Lejwa (1895–1972) in February 1954. The Lejwas were refugees from the Nazi incursions into Poland and France. Initially, their gallery specialized in contemporary French and Polish prints and painting. Later they changed its focus to contemporary 20th century American and European Sculpture, and especially the work of Jean Arp. "La Chalette" was perhaps best known for organizing important group exhibitions which were then offered to various museums around the United States, including Construction and Geometry in Painting (1960), and Structured Sculpture (1960, 1968), as well as their major Arp exhibition, Jean Arp : from the collections of Mme. Marguerite Arp and Arthur and Madeleine Lejwa, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in 1972. The gallery closed in 1978. .