# La racine noire

- By: Fernand Léger (Argentan, 1881–1955)
- Date: 1948
- Medium: paper
- Classification: print
- Dimensions: height 500 mm x width 655 mm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-P-1949-535--e6f7976d24ed55d3a62d89776af5c6c0)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/HEaaq/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Bruna admired the work of the French avant-garde artist Léger, because he had separated the planes of colour from the lines and let them move independently over the picture plane. As Bruna put it: ‘this way you can look twice’