CHARLES-EDOUARD JEANNERET dit LE CORBUSIER... - Lot 290 - Osenat

CHARLES-EDOUARD JEANNERET dit LE CORBUSIER (1887-1965) Letter to Joseph Savina, Paris, May 22, 1957 On Le Corbusier's corrections to an Ozon sculpture Ink and graphite on tracing paper 30 x 41.4 cm Provenance: Joseph Savina's descendants. Inscriptions: - Savina / Returned from India on Friday the 17th / Left for Berlin on the 20th / Returned on the 21st / Received the statues on the 22nd at 2:00 p.m. / That's good, Savina, courage! / The interpretation is strong / The Totem statue (let's call it Ozon-Totem 2.) / [...] the correction below B / Prepare this, please. / It is beautiful. / It deserves a second study / which I will explain to you (as there are understandable errors) of interpretation. / bring tools / bring drawings (in black and in color) / for the 2 sculptures. / - The second sculpture is good. It also deserves a replica / to be perfected / see you soon L-C / - Savina: prepare this in Tréguier and come with your tools and some glue (cold) / I'll be in Paris on the 27th and 28th / - The two lifts will be painted white like the surrounding mass. / - Including sheet 'A' taken directly from the statue / B continued / Corrective solution: the green line = the current contour Savina / Proportion L-C: bend a thickness of wood of 20 m / m + the depth of the champlure (4 m / m) / total 24 m / m - According to the green profile but build to the plan + 20 m / m to the red profile. / who [will provide?] / The dimension of the 2 lower upper lips 2 and 5 are the same plane of + 20 m / m.