"The King of Hearts" No.25
1949
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1949
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
"The King of Hearts" No.25 is a 1949 by Fernand Léger, depicting Playing Card, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a bold, flat figure with a sun-like face and striped legs. It holds a playing card that looks like a king with a crown and a sword. The background is bright blue with big, simple shapes—circles, triangles, and a flower with long petals. The figure’s face turns into a sun, and the card it holds is a mix of black lines and bright colors. The whole scene feels playful and a bit dreamy. Next, check out Léger, Fernand to see how he turned everyday objects into art.
The 1949 colour lithograph *The King of Hearts* No.25 by Fernand Léger presents vivid, floral-inspired forms in red, yellow, green, white, and black against a blue and nude background, with three playing cards included, the central one depicting the king of hearts.
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Fernand Léger turns everyday shapes into bold, graphic heroes. In "The King of Hearts" No. 25, he stacks flat colors and clean lines into a deck of playing cards that feels more like machinery than royalty. This 1949…
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