Drawing for Sculpture

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret)

Title

Drawing for Sculpture

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1940–1941

Medium

Watercolor, with pen and black ink, over graphite on tan wove paper, laid down on cream mat board

Inscriptions

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"

Dimensions

Max: 60.5 × 44.5 cm (23 7/8 × 17 9/16 in.); Secondary support: 68.5 × 50.5 cm (27 × 19 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of A. James Speyer

Reference Number

1960.851

Copyright

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / FLC

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