Drawing, 1926
This object is resting in our storage facility.
We acquired this object in 1936
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- Object ID: 18343861
- Accession Number: 1936-60-2
- Acquired: 1936
- Short URL: http://cprhw.tt/o/2C1Zt/
- Drawing, 1926. 1926. Graphite on white paperboard, mounted on canvas. Museum purchase from James B. Ford and Peter Cooper Hewitt Estate Funds. 1936-60-2.
Four drawings for Villa Stein-de Monzie, at Garches, France: facade elevation view at upper left, rear elevation view at upper right, facade aerial perspective at center, left, rear aerial perspective at lower, right.
This drawing is graphite on white paperboard, mounted on canvas. Its dimensions are: 32.2 x 24.1 cm (12 11/16 x 9 1/2in.).
It is inscribed Inscribed in pen and black ink, on left: Premiers croquis fait/ en 1926/ (Album à dessin)/ en septembre dans/ la propriéte/ "Le Lac"/ au bord du/ lac Léman: and on right: villa Stein/ à Garches/ achevée en 1927/ Le Corbusier (underlined).
On verso (on linen mount), inscribed in graphite (by a later hand), lower right: PHOTOGRAPH: HYDE/ D-11/ LE CORBUSIER 1936-60-2
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Museum purchase from James B. Ford and Peter Cooper Hewitt Estate Funds. Its provenance is Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret-Gris), prior to 1936 (Purchase) We acquired this object in 1936.
This object has been included in the following exhibitions:
- The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource, Tuesday, March 26, 1991 - Sunday, August 30, 1992
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