Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, and writer (1887-1965). Autograph letter signed „Jeanneret“. [Paris January 2, 1919]. 8vo. 4 pp. With envelope.
$ 5,020 / 4.500 €
(94964)
To Albert Adès. He had Après le cubisme sent to him, written in collaboration with Ozenfant. "The ideas expressed therein are the result of many life experiences, and we have obliged ourselves to write them with clarity, perhaps even with a certain dryness and a deliberate lack of lyricism that may offend you. However, there are undeniable things to be said at this time, to crystallize around the splendid torch of our era, so many devoted wills that desire serious work but feel too isolated. I know you to be very passionate; I am, at the bottom, sometimes vehement and, under apparent calm, violent.
But I do not admit that art should be wanton when in all human activity, discipline and rigor are indispensable, factors of beauty, order, and harmony. From there to putting it in painting? At the very least, some guidance is required. Perhaps you do not agree at all. It would be very agreeable to us if a strong and orderly artist like you judged our work, even if you were to clearly oppose our ideas. I believe controversy is useful on this subject, and I would be very happy to see you develop these ideas in the Grande Revue or elsewhere.".
Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, and writer (1887-1965). Autograph album leaf signed. N. p. Oblong 8vo. In pencil. Together with a letter by Le Corbusier's secretary J. Heilbulk.
$ 725 / 650 €
(92193/BN61221)
Beautiful album leaf that was designated for the autograph collection of a "Madame Van de Walles" in Furnes, Belgium. According to Heilbulk's letter, Le Corbusier charged him with sending back her copy of "La Petite Maison", certainly "Une petite Maison" (1923), with his dedication and the album leaf at hand. - The letter on stationery with printed letterhead "Le Corbusier". The album leaf with a vertical pinch fold affecting the underlining of the signature.