''The City'' (French: ''La Ville'') is a 1919 painting by French painter and sculptor Fernand Léger. The painting is

Cubist Cubism is an early-20th-century avant-garde art movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music, literature and architecture. In Cubist artwork, objects are analyzed, broken up and reassemble ...

in style and is now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Albert Eugene Gallatin Albert Eugene Gallatin (July 23, 1881 – June 15, 1952) was an American artist. He wrote about, collected, exhibited, and created works of art. Called "one of the great figures in early 20th-century American culture," he was a leading proponent ...

donated the piece to the museum in 1952 and it has also been shown at the

Guggenheim Museum The Guggenheim Museums are a group of museums in different parts of the world established (or proposed to be established) by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Museums in this group include: Locations Americas * The Solomon R. Guggenhei ...

. In reviews of the Guggenheim exhibit, both ''The City'' and other works in the show were praised.

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1919 paintings Paintings by Fernand Léger Paintings in the Philadelphia Museum of Art {{20C-painting-stub