Original Fernand Leger Poster "Maison De La Pensee Francaise" 1954 - Mourlot (Arch paper)

This is an original lithographic poster created in 1954 for an exhibition of recent works by Fernand Léger at the Maison de la Pensée Française in Paris — one of the most important cultural institutions of postwar France, devoted to the promotion of contemporary art and progressive thought.

Printed in seven colors at the Ateliers Mourlot, the poster is quintessential Léger — bold primary colors, tubular forms, the confident geometry of a painter who saw no contradiction between the human figure and the industrial age. His unique adaptation of Cubism, with its emphasis on mass, volume, and the poetry of everyday objects, made him one of the defining voices of the School of Paris.

This example is printed on Arches paper — the finest French mould-made paper, produced in smaller quantities than the standard edition, making it considerably rarer and more sought-after by collectors. The edition totaled 750 impressions.

Léger died in August 1955 — just one year after this poster was created — making this one of the last exhibition posters produced during his lifetime, and a direct witness to the final and most celebrated chapter of his career.

A rare and historically charged piece — one of Léger's last posters, on Arches paper, from the golden age of Mourlot printmaking.