LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

57.48 in. (146.00 cm.) (height) by 44.88 in. (114.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Le Corbusier 31' (lower centre)

Exhibited:

Zurich, Kunsthaus, Le Corbusier (oeuvre plastique) 1919-1937, January - February 1938, no. 39, p. 17 (titled 'Deux figures').

Literature:

Le Corbusier, 'Le Modulor', in L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, Boulogne-sur-Seine, 1950, p. 213 (illustrated fig. 3). J. Petit, Le Corbusier lui-même, Geneva, 1970, pp. 213 & 220 (illustrated p. 220). J. Lucan, ed., Le Corbusier: Une encyclopédie, Paris, 1987, p. 297 (illustrated). T. Paquot et al., 'La ville selon Le Corbusier', in Urbanisme, no. 282, Paris, May - June 1995, p. 34 (illustrated). H. Weber, ed., Le Corbusier: Maler, Zeichner, Plastiker, Poet, Bonn, 1999, n.p. (illustrated). N. & J.P. Jornod, Le Corbusier, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, vol. I, Milan, 2005, no. 119, pp. 508-509 (illustrated p. 508).

Provenance:

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.