Fernand Leger (Argentan 1881-Paris 1955) Mother and Child, Crayon; 300 x 390 mm. Philadelphia, Museum of Art, A. E. Gallatin Collection, inv. 52-61-69., (Source: Pignatti, Terisio, 1982, Master Drawings: From Cave Art to Picasso,Evans Brothers, London, p356).

Leger is another artist who undertook numerous pusuits that were reflected in stylistic and thematic changes in his work. Here, during a phase which he called 'mechanical', he was preoccupied with articulating geometriclly described forms.