.. a yellow square, a red and blue avenue, an Eiffel tower with a camouflaged silhouette.... that would all be lit up at night, instead of fireworks. [a proposal to Trotsky of a 'polychrome Moscow', for the 1937 exhibition]. (Fernand Léger)

.. a yellow square, a red and blue avenue, an Eiffel tower with a camouflaged silhouette.... that would all be lit up at night, instead of fireworks. [a proposal to Trotsky of a 'polychrome Moscow', for the 1937 exhibition].

Fernand Léger

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