# Le Chantier

By [Maximilien Luce](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/maximilien-luce.md>), 1911.

Scaffolding, pulley, and worker are reduced to clear geometric forces.

## Details

- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 73.5 × 60.5 cm
- Collection: [Musée d'Orsay](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/musee-orsay.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/artworks/le-chantier-78195>)

- Categories: Painting
- Styles: [Realism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/realism.md>), [Modernism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/modernism.md>)

## Image

![A construction worker bends among timber beams, scaffolding, ropes, and a suspended pulley.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/musee-orsay-775a3f7e5d573b04/full.jpg?v=4391cf1f6bd449d1351a6413524a565364032f995e850cfdff5e79fbf52877dd>)

## Sources & credits

- Oakenchips via Wikimedia Commons; public domain.
- Gift of Sir Joseph Duveen, 1929; Musée d'Orsay
- [Image source](<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Le_chantier.jpg>)
- Artwork metadata based on Musée d'Orsay collection records; image provenance is recorded per artwork.

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