Charles-Édouard JEANNERET dit LE CORBUSIER (1887 - 1965) - Lot 147

Charles-Édouard JEANNERET dit LE CORBUSIER (1887 - 1965) Still life from the Pavillon de l'Esprit nouveau, 1925 Gouache, watercolor, graphite and black pencil on gray paper. Signed and dated lower right: "Jeanneret/1925". Annotated lower right: "C-P". 47.8 x 58.7 cm Provenance: - Costantino and Ruth Nivola Collection, New York and East Hampton. By descent: Pietro Nivola, Washington DC. - Private collection, Paris, since 2013. The artist Costantino Nivola and his wife Ruth Guggenheim welcomed Le Corbusier to their Long Island home on numerous occasions between 1948 and 1951 during his stays to program the United Nations headquarters. A certificate from Monsieur Éric Mouchet, dated December 11, 2015, will be given to the buyer.