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Unique among the pioneers of modern art, Fernand Léger adopted the trappings of modernity as a primary subject of his work. This volume of the MoMA Artist Series features ten paintings selected from The Museum of Modern Art’s Léger collection that trace the artist’s career, illustrating his early variations on Cubism, his postwar “mechanical” period, the influence of film on his approach to representation, and his later celebrations of “proletarian heroism.”