LE CORBUSIER (1887-1965)

Lot 325
30.06.2023 13:00UTC +00:00
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£ 50 000
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ID 990424
Lot 325 | LE CORBUSIER (1887-1965)
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 70 000
LE CORBUSIER (1887-1965)

Femme endormie (les îles sont des corps de femmes à demi immergés qui retiennent les bateaux entre leurs bras)

signed with initials and dated 'L.C 45' (lower right)

oil on panel

9 1/2 x 13 in. (24 x 33 cm.)

Painted in 1945





Provenance

Anonymous sale, Loiseau, Schmitz, Digard, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 8 May 1994, lot 83.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

J. Petit, Le Corbusier lui-même, Geneva, 1970, p. 214.

N. & J.-P. Jornod, Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret), Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, vol. II, Milan, 2005, no. 328, p. 790 (illustrated; with incorrect medium).



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