Fernand Léger and Niemeyer Featured Together on an Aubusson Tapestry

Women dance, surrounded by colorful, independent forms that interact with one another and by musical instruments. Here, Fernand Léger puts his stylized, dynamic, and modern style at the service of music. Several preparatory studies for this tapestry are known, notably a gouache model dated 1953–1954 and listed in the artist’s catalog raisonné. It went up for auction on December 6, 2022, in Lausanne (Dogny Auction). A composition in the spirit of the painter’s postwar creations: a cheerful and accessible style, focused on the human figure and exploring everyday life through a direct art form understandable to all—much like *La Joie de vivre* from 1953. Produced in the 1960s in a run of six copies and two artist’s proofs (including this one)—at the initiative of Nadia Léger— this large tapestry