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Femme endormie (les îles sont des corps de femmes à demi immergés qui retiennent les bateaux entre leurs bras)
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LE CORBUSIER (1887-1965)
Femme endormie (les îles sont des corps de femmes à demi immergés qui retiennent les bateaux entre leurs bras)
signed with initials and dated 'L.C 45' (lower right)
oil on panel
9 1/2 x 13 in. (24 x 33 cm.)
Painted in 1945
Femme endormie (les îles sont des corps de femmes à demi immergés qui retiennent les bateaux entre leurs bras)
signed with initials and dated 'L.C 45' (lower right)
oil on panel
9 1/2 x 13 in. (24 x 33 cm.)
Painted in 1945
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Loiseau, Schmitz, Digard, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 8 May 1994, lot 83.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
J. Petit, Le Corbusier lui-même, Geneva, 1970, p. 214.
N. & J.-P. Jornod, Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret), Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, vol. II, Milan, 2005, no. 328, p. 790 (illustrated; with incorrect medium).
N. & J.-P. Jornod, Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret), Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, vol. II, Milan, 2005, no. 328, p. 790 (illustrated; with incorrect medium).
Special Notice
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