Full title: "Le Corbusier, New York 1947". In New York to pitch his entry for the new United Nations building, the surly architect posed on Penn's iconic "rock" in his studio corner. Coming off a decade without a completed project due to the war, Le Corbusier was almost 60 when this famous picture was taken. His name, adapted from his grandmother's, means "crow-like" and nicely describes his mien here.

Le Corbusier (born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret in 1887) was one of the most influential architects and urban planners of the twentieth century, and a seminal figure in the modern movement as a painter, designer, and writer. A naturalized French citizen of Swiss origins, as of 1917 Le Corbusier lived and worked primarily in Paris, but his practice was international in scope. The architect’s involvement in the development and history of Cubism was twofold: as a practitioner and theorist of Purism and as an art advisor and architect to the Swiss banker and collector Raoul La Roche. Le Corbusier’s personal art collection included examples of Cubist works by Georges Braque and Picasso.

This is a genuine vintage photogravure, printed in 1989. 21 x 17 cm print, mounted on acid-free board and matted in an 8"x10" black wooden frame.