Still Life with Bottle

Still Life with Bottle — Fernand Léger. 1923.

Medium: graphite on tan wove paper. Dimensions: Sheet: 25.3 x 32.3 cm (9 15/16 x 12 11/16 in.).

Collection record: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Influenced by Cubist artists Picasso and Braque, Fernand Léger went on to create his own distinctive variation of their style, which he called Purism. This drawing exemplifies the movement’s formal concerns, which included clear and precise lines and geometric abstraction. Still life—here a bottle, book, and candlestick, among other objects—was a preferred subject for its perceived neutrality. The objectivity of such subjects and the clean aesthetic used to present them was a response to the chaos of World War I, in which Léger served.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.