Perspective sketch of the south portal of Cathédrale de Chartres

People:

Le Corbusier (draughtsman)
Albert Morancé (dedicatee)

Title:

Perspective sketch of the south portal of Cathédrale de Chartres

Date:

1916

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

travel sketch

Technique and media:

Drawing in ink on paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 33.1 x 25.8 cm (13 1/16 x 10 3/16 in.) secondary support: 50.2 x 38.6 cm (19 3/4 x 15 3/16 in.)

Reference number:

DR1965:0003

Drawing Type:

sketch

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

partial view

Inscription:

signed and dated - by the draughtsman, in pen and black India ink, l.r.: "L-C / 16." inscribed and dated - by the draughtsman, in graphite, on secondary support, l.r.: "à Albert Morancé / en témoignage bien amical / Le Corbusier / février 1938" inscribed and signed - by the dedicatee, in graphite, on secondary support, verso, l.r.: "La Cathédrale à Chartres / dessin de Jeanneret - Le Corbusier / de 1916. Il l'a signé LC en 1938 en / me l'offrant. Albert Morancé" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, l.r.: "8103A"

Subject:

architecture

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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