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

Le Corbusier, Licorne au corps de femme et main

Lot 113

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 (CH)

Licorne au corps de femme et main

India ink and pastel on paper.
H 276 mm W 213 mm.

Signed with the monogram lower right: L.C.

*CHF7'000 / 10'000
*EUR6'500 / 9'000
*USD7'000 / 10'000

Hammer Price: CHF 7'000

Annotation:

(Frame).
Provenance: Swiss collection.

Authentication:
Heidi Weber has personally examined the work in May 2008 and verbally confirmed the authenticity of the work.
Photo certificate by Mme. Naïma und M. Jean-Pierre Jornod. December 2009.

Annotation:
The present work is part of the series of drawings which are in the context with the illustration of the poem "Autre éventail" of the poet Stéphane Mallarmé. The subject reflects the 4th Line "Garder mon aile dans ta main".
The work is registered at the archive of Mme. Naïma and M. Jean-Pierre Jornod, Geneva, and will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Works on Paper.