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Composition for a Painting

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

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  • A work made of graphite on ivory wove tracing paper.

Date:

1922

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

Composition for a Painting

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1922

Medium

Graphite on ivory wove tracing paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso, upper left, in graphite: "Composition for a / painting by Le Corbusier"

Dimensions

26.9 × 20.9 cm (10 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Hedwig B. Schniewind

Reference Number

1963.452

Copyright

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

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