La Femme au compotier
Laurens carved a woman's body into upright planes softened by curves. The stone sculpture entered the collection through the Louise and Michel Leiris donation in 1984, under inventory AM 1984-573.
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The Centre Pompidou's Paris building is closed for renovation; explore its collection with a permitted photo you already have and history Lensmark can source.
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Centre Pompidou
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Image in the demo: Tête dada, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, 1920, Centre Pompidou collection. Photograph by Sailko, cropped and resized from Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY 3.0. Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Author: Sailko, Source credit: Own work, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The illustrative collection is not a record of a visit to the closed Paris building.
What the Centre Pompidou collection covers
The Centre Pompidou's Paris building closed on 22 September 2025 and is inaccessible during renovation, with reopening planned for 2030. Its Musée national d’art moderne collection spans painting, sculpture, photography, design, architecture and moving image. Collection
These collection records let you explore Henri Laurens's carved stone, Sophie Taeuber-Arp's painted wooden head and a chair designed by Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret. Use a permitted image you already have; this page does not offer access to the closed Paris building or identify travelling exhibitions as visits to it.
Its collection strengths include modern art, contemporary art, photography, and design and architecture.
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Tête dada
The painted head carries the word Dada, a date and the artist's initials. Made from turned wood in 1920, it was acquired in 2003 and is recorded as AM 2003-332.
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Fauteuil Grand Confort
Three designers brought lacquered steel and leather together in this armchair. The museum identifies its 1928 example as a prototype, inventory AM 2003-1-397.
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These are collection records, not confirmation that the works are on display today.
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The Paris building is closed, so you cannot visit or photograph inside now; its published visitor rules allow personal amateur photography with no flash, no tripods, camera poles or additional lighting without authorization, respect for no-photography notices and no photographs of staff. Read its current visitor conditions and check the rules that applied to any image you already have. Centre Pompidou photography policy
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