LE CORBUSIER (CHARLES-ÉDOUARD JEANNERET-GRIS)1887 La Chaux-de-Fonds - 1965 Cap Martin
Title: Untitled.
Date: 1933.
Technique: Watercolour, India ink and pencil on paper.
Mounting: Laid down on strong paper.
Measurement: 21 x 31cm.
Notation: Signed and dated lower left: Le Corbusier 1933.
Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame.
The former blue colour areas have faded.
The work is registered at the Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris, under the number 396.
This work is a typical depiction from a series of drawings by Le Corbusier showing women at work (or resting) in a holiday home in Le Piquey in the Bay of Arcachon. A comparable work can be found in the collection of the Centre Georges Pompidou (cf. Le Corbusier "Esquisse pour un 'Mural'" 1933, www.centrepompidou.fr).
Provenance:
- Galleria Sacchetti, Ascona (adhesive label)
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia.
