Charles-Édouard JEANNERET dit LE CORBUSIER (1887 - 1965) - Lot 217

Charles-Édouard JEANNERET dit LE CORBUSIER (1887 - 1965) Bull, 1961 Collage of colored paper, lithographed paper and gouache newsprint, heightened with Indian ink on laid paper. Monogrammed and double-dated lower right. 55.5 x 43.9 cm Unlike Taureau VI, which is highly emblematic of Le Corbusier's last production, this 1961 "Taureau" has a number of exceptional stylistic features: the three primary colors used here are the same Le Corbusier applied in the chapel of the Couvent de la Tourette in Éveux - an analogy that clearly demonstrates the permeability between Le Corbusier's painted and architectural works. At the same time, the large central paper surface left blank, also atypical in the artist's late work, brings to mind contemporary works by Sam Francis.