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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE PARISIAN COLLECTOR
LE CORBUSIER (1887-1965)
Étude pour une sculpture
Details
LE CORBUSIER (1887-1965)
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
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.
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.
Brought to you by
Veronica Scarpati
Head of Works on Paper Sale