A Drawing Le Corbusier's Pocket

Published on 15 April 2022, by Claire Papon

Auction on 22 April 2022 - 14:00 (CEST) - Salle 6 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

Now a positive leitmotif in the auction house's drawing sales, Charles-Édouard Jeanneret oncet again takes pride of place.

Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, aka Le Corbusier (1887-1965), Composition aux deux femmes... A Drawing Le Corbusier's Pocket

Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, aka Le Corbusier (1887-1965), Composition aux deux femmes (Composition with Two Women), pastel and graphite, c. 1927, 60 x 47 cm/23.6 x 18.5 in.
Estimate: €40,000/50,000
© F.L.C /ADAGP, PARIS, 2022

The drawing is a pastel and graphite Composition with Two Women produced by Le Corbusier around 1927, illustrating his transition to a more hedonistic phase in his life, where human figures, especially female, made their appearance. Two hieratic silhouettes, both with an athletic…

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