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Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris)

Lot 216

Untitled, 1933

Watercolour, India ink and pencil

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Lot 216

Untitled, 1933

Watercolour, India ink and pencil

Estimate:

€ 10,000 - 15,000

Auction: -7 days

Van Ham Kunstauktionen

City: Köln

Auction: Jun 05, 2024 06:00 PM

Auction number: 517

Auction name: Modern, Post War & Contemporary

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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.

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