About This Artwork
Le Corbusier
French, born Switzerland, 1887-1965
Portrait of J.Figmann1929
Metalpoint on ivory wove paper, commercially prepared with a white ground
213 x 266 mm
Signed recto, lower right, in metalpoint: "Le Corbusier"; inscribed lower right, in metalpoint: "J. Figmann/Buenos Aires/ ?? Q 29"
Gift of the Print and Drawing Club, 1940.96
Prints and Drawings
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
Chicago, The Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago, "Drawings by Contemporary Artists," May 20-June 10, 1944, n.p., cat. 26.
The Art Institute of Chicago, April 24, 1988-January 10, 1989 (installation).
Ownership History
Sold by Katherine Kuh (1904-1994), Chicago, to the Art Institute, 1940.