The artwork, titled “Branches (Logs),” was created by Fernand Léger in 1955. As a piece of surrealist still life, it resides in the Musée National Fernand Léger in Biot, France.
This composition exemplifies Léger’s distinctive approach to form and color. It features a seemingly chaotic arrangement of logs and abstract shapes, rendered with bold black outlines and filled with vibrant hues of red, yellow, and blue. The interwoven forms and their disjointed perspectives create a dynamic, almost mechanical aesthetic typical of Léger’s style. The artwork challenges traditional representations of still life, embodying the surrealist penchant for blending reality with the abstract.
