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© Texts: Tomas Rabara, Karin Rabara
© Works reproductions: FLC / 2019, ProLitteris, Zurich
© Photographs in which Le Corbusier is seen:
LC in 1953 in the studio of his apartment in Paris: © Keystone / Rue des archives / Michel Sima; FLC / 2019, ProLitteris, Zurich
LC in 1937 while working on the painting “Plougrescant”: © akg-images / Paul Almasy; FLC / 2019, ProLitteris, Zurich
Quotation: “It is first of all thanks to painting that I have become that architect that I am”. Reference: Revue “Aujourd’hui – Art et Architecture”, Numéro spéciale, 1965
LC in 1963 in his studio at work on a collage: © FLC / 2019, ProLitteris, Zurich
Quotation: “I have never stopped drawing and painting, looking wherever I could for the secrets of form. You don’t have to look any further than this for the key to my work and my research”. Reference: LC’s preface for “Dessins”, Editions Forces-Vives, 1968
LC in 1938 in front of his painting “Figure devant une porte blanche” hung in his exhibition “Le Corbusier – Œuvre Plastique” at the Kunsthaus Zürich: © Schweizer Illustrierte Zeitung, Nr. 4/1938
LC in 1947 working on the draft of the UN headquarters: © United Nations Permanent Headquarters; FLC / 2019, ProLitteris, Zurich