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Important Paintings, Sculptures, Watercolors, Drawings and Multiples
Monday, 25 November 2019, 06:00 pm

Le Corbusier, Dessin d'étude pour violon et boîte à violon

Lot 13

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 (CH)

Dessin d'étude pour violon et boîte à violon, 1920

Pencil drawing.
H 200 mm W 270 mm.

Signed lower right: L-C, Jt.
(Frame).

CHF20'000 / 30'000
EUR19'000 / 28'000
USD20'000 / 30'000

Hammer Price: CHF 20'000

Annotation:

Provenance: Swiss private property.

Authentication: Confirmation of authenticity by Mrs Heidi Weber. 8. January 2011.

Literature:
Naïma Jornod, Jean-Pierre Jornod. Le Corbusier, Catalogue Raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Tome I. Milano, Skira editore, 2005. No. 51. Illustration on page 350.

Annotation:
The pencil drawing is a preparatory study for the oil painting "Violon et boîte à violon (rouge) ou Chapeau de paille-assiettes, 1920".
The work is registered at the archive of Mme Naïma Jornod and M. Jean-Pierre Jornod, Geneva, and will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Works on Paper.