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Two Sketches: A Lily and an Academic Nude

A work made of graphite, with watercolor on ivory wove paper.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / FLC

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  • A work made of graphite, with watercolor on ivory wove paper.

Date:

1901/06

Artist:

Le Corbusier
French, born Switzerland, 1887-1965

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret)

Title

Two Sketches: A Lily and an Academic Nude

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1901–1906

Medium

Graphite, with watercolor on ivory wove paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso, lower right, in graphite: "very early drawings by / LeCorbusier (Chaux de Fonds)"

Dimensions

17.6 × 25.5 cm (6 15/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Hedwig B. Schniewind

Reference Number

1963.427

Copyright

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

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