ID 1306027
Lot 161 | LE CORBUSIER (1887-1965)
Estimate value
£ 25 000 – 35 000
Étude pour une sculpture
indistinctly signed, dated and inscribed 'Le Corbusier Vichy 1941' (lower left)
gouache, watercolour, pen and ink and grattage on paper
22 ¼ x 17 ¾ in. (56.3 x 45.1 cm.)
Executed in Vichy in 1941
Provenance
Dr Robert Schnell, Zurich, by June 1957; his sale, Klipstein und Kornfeld, Bern, 24 May 1962, lot 107.
Dr Frieda Klipstein, Bern, by whom acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent; sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 16 June 2017, lot 115.
Acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie's, New York, 19 November 2022, lot 613.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Le Corbusier, Achitektur, Malerei, Plastik, Wandteppiche, June - August 1957, no. 42, p. 90 (with incorrect medium).
Further details
Eric Mouchet has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
| Artist: | Le Corbusier (1887 - 1965) |
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| Applied technique: | Gouache, Ball pen, Watercolor on paper, Trompe-l’œil |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Abstract art, Modern art, Surrealism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Le Corbusier (1887 - 1965) |
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| Applied technique: | Gouache, Ball pen, Watercolor on paper, Trompe-l’œil |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Abstract art, Modern art, Surrealism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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