Live Auction 7858Impressionist/Modern Works on Paper
Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, called Le Corbusier (1887-1965)
Lot 154 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 

Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, called Le Corbusier (1887-1965)

Tête de taureau

Closed24 June 2010

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GBP 18,750

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Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, called Le Corbusier (1887-1965)
Tête de taureau
signed, dated and inscribed 'Le Corbusier Ozon 40' (lower right)
watercolour and brush and pen and ink on paper
8¼ x 10 5/8 in. (20.9 x 27 cm.)
Executed in Ozon in 1940

The artist's estate.
Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris, by descent from the above (with their stamp at the reverse numbered 4643).
Heidi Weber, Zurich, by whom acquired from the above.
Daniel Blaise Thorens Fine Art Gallery, Basel.
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 2000.

Specialist note

Eric Mouchet has confirmed the authenticity of this drawing.

La Fondation Le Corbusier will include this work in their forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the drawings of Le Corbusier.