Lot Essay
THE AUTHENTICITY OF THIS WORK HAS KINDLY BEEN CONFIRMED BY THE FONDATION LE CORBUSIER, PARIS.
"PURIST COMPOSITION COMES FROM CUBIST COMPOSITION; BUT ONE KNOWS THAT IN CUBISM THE OBJECT WHICH HAS SERVED AS A STARTING POINT BECOMES CHANGED WITH REGARD TO ITS ORGANISATION IN THE PICTURE, OFTEN VERY MUCH SO. PURISM, ON THE OTHER HAND, FINDS IT IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE NATURAL APPEARANCE OF OBJECTS. IT DOES NOT PRESUME THE RIGHT TO CHANGE OBJECTS MORE THAN UP TO A CERTAIN POINT SO IT SELECTS OBJECTS WHICH MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO ARRANGE THEM WITHOUT ANY DEFORMATION, SO THAT THEIR TYPE WILL NOT BE CHANGED. THIS EXPLAINS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FUSION OF OBJECTS THROUGH A COMMON CONTOUR, THE CONNECTION OF ELEMENTS IN ORDER TO CREATE ONE SINGLE OBJECT IN THE PICTURE. WHAT CUBISM OFTEN RESOLVES WITH A CHANGE IN THE SPECIFICITY OF OBJECT, PURISM ACCOMPLISHES BY ORGANIC ARRANGEMENT". (LE CORBUSIER QUOTED IN LE CORBUSIER - THE ARTIST, WORKS FROM THE HEIDI WEBER COLLECTION, EDITION HEIDI WEBER, ZURICH AND MONTREAL 1988, UNPAGINATED).
"PURIST COMPOSITION COMES FROM CUBIST COMPOSITION; BUT ONE KNOWS THAT IN CUBISM THE OBJECT WHICH HAS SERVED AS A STARTING POINT BECOMES CHANGED WITH REGARD TO ITS ORGANISATION IN THE PICTURE, OFTEN VERY MUCH SO. PURISM, ON THE OTHER HAND, FINDS IT IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE NATURAL APPEARANCE OF OBJECTS. IT DOES NOT PRESUME THE RIGHT TO CHANGE OBJECTS MORE THAN UP TO A CERTAIN POINT SO IT SELECTS OBJECTS WHICH MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO ARRANGE THEM WITHOUT ANY DEFORMATION, SO THAT THEIR TYPE WILL NOT BE CHANGED. THIS EXPLAINS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FUSION OF OBJECTS THROUGH A COMMON CONTOUR, THE CONNECTION OF ELEMENTS IN ORDER TO CREATE ONE SINGLE OBJECT IN THE PICTURE. WHAT CUBISM OFTEN RESOLVES WITH A CHANGE IN THE SPECIFICITY OF OBJECT, PURISM ACCOMPLISHES BY ORGANIC ARRANGEMENT". (LE CORBUSIER QUOTED IN LE CORBUSIER - THE ARTIST, WORKS FROM THE HEIDI WEBER COLLECTION, EDITION HEIDI WEBER, ZURICH AND MONTREAL 1988, UNPAGINATED).