About This Artwork
Le Corbusier
French, born Switzerland, 1887-1965
Drawing for Sculpture1940-41
Watercolor, with pen and black ink, over graphite on tan wove paper, laid down on cream mat board
605 x 445 mm (max.); 685 x 505 mm (secondary support)
Signed recto, lower right, in pen and black ink: "Le Corbusier"; inscribed lower right, in pen and black ink: "Ozon 40/Vichy 41"; lower right, in graphite: "[?] 712 cm R8"
Gift of Mr. A. James Speyer, 1960.851
Prints and Drawings
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
The Art Institute of Chicago, April 1988 (installation).
Ownership History
Given by Mr. A. James Speyer (died 1986), Chicago, to the Art Institute, 1960.