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Property from a Private Collection, Greece

Le Corbusier

Taureau (Thème Taureau VII)

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection, Greece

Le Corbusier

1887 - 1965


Taureau (Thème Taureau VII)

signed with the monogram L-C and dated 54/59 (lower right); dedicated pour maria-Elisa avec un baiser de le Corbusier, Paris, 27/1/61 (on the reverse)

enamel on steel

65 by 55 cm. 25⅝ by 21⅝ in.

Framed: 70.6 by 67 cm. 27¾ by 24 in.

Executed in 1959.


The authenticity of this work has been been confirmed by Éric Mouchet.

Maria-Elisa Costa, Brazil (acquired as a gift from the artist in 1961)

Private Collection, Brasil (thence by descent from the above)

Sotheby's, London, 8 February 2006, lot 376 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, Greece (acquired from the above sale)

Thence by descent to the present owner