After LE CORBUSIER. - Media: Watercolor on paper - Dimensions metric: 23.5 by 19.5 crm - Dimensions imperial: 9 1/4 by 7 1/2 inches - Artist biography:Le Corbusier (Swiss/French, 1887 - 1965). "Personnage". Watercolor and pencil drawing. 1953. Signed with the initials and dated, lower left. Good condition: Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier, was an architect, artist, designer, urbanist, and writer, famous for being one of the pioneers of what is now called modern architecture. His career spanned five decades, with his buildings constructed throughout Europe, India, and America. He was a pioneer in studies of modern high design and was dedicated to providing better living conditions for the residents of crowded cities. Le Corbusier adopted his pseudonym in the 1920s, allegedly deriving it in part from the name of a distant ancestor, "Lecorbesier."

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