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Important Paintings, Sculptures, Watercolors, Drawings and Multiples
Monday, 25 May 2009, 06:00 pm

Le Corbusier, Nature morte, bouteilles, verres et carafes

Lot 32

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 (CH)

Nature morte, bouteilles, verres et carafes, 1942-55

Collage and mixed media on paper mounted on backing cardboard.
H 635 mm W 485 mm.

(Frame). Signed with the monogram and dated: "42-55".

CHF45'000 / 50'000
EUR39'000 / 43'000
USD48'000 / 54'000

Hammer Price: CHF 50'000

Annotation:

Lower left dated and signed dedication for Françoise Leduc: "Pour Françoise la gentille "tapissière" des temps ... Avec l'amitié de Le Corbusier Mai 1955".

Provenance: Françoise Leduc,;
Swiss private property.

Certificate of authenticity: Letter with written certificate of authenticity by Michel Richard, Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris, 15. September 2008.
Archivno. 128.

Literature: see. Naïma Jornod, Jean-Pierre Jornod. Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret), Catalogue Raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Tome II. Milano, Skira editore, 2005. No. 317 (illustration) and No. 323 (color illustration).

Annotation: At the Archive of the Fondation Le Corbusier is the correspondance between Le Corbusier and Madame Françoise Leduc, which refers to this work. The correspondance confirms that the present work is a wedding present from Le Corbusier for Françoise Leduc, given in 1955.