About This Artwork

Le Corbusier
French, born Switzerland, 1887-1965

Seven Sketches of a City Apartment, c. 1922

Seven sketches in pen and black ink on cream wove paper, partially discolored to tan, folded in half, with sketches on all four sides
250 x 163 mm (folded); 250 x 326 mm (unfolded)
Inscribed recto, lower right, in graphite: "LeCorbusier 1922/front"; lower left, in pen and blue ink: "Roman"; inscribed, verso, center, upper center, in graphite: "La Roche" (?); center, lower center, in graphite: "La Roche" (?); center, lower left, in graphite: "17"; center, along bottom, in pen and blue ink: "Roman / L'homme..."; center, center right, in pen and blue ink: "Roman"; verso, upper right, in graphite: "La Roche" (?); verso, lower left, in graphite: "23"; verso, lower right, in graphite: "La Roche"(?); verso, lower right, in pen and blue ink: "Roman"
Bequest of Hedwig B. Schniewind, 1963.430

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