# Claude PARENT (1923-2016). Beaubourg Sketch, 2015. Pencil on paper, titled and dated. Height : 70 cm - Width : 50 cm Provenance: - purchased in 2015 in aid of Architectes de l'Urgence ; - private collection, Paris. Note: French architect Claude Parent was one of the first to propose a real conceptual breakthrough in the mid-1950s with the introduction of modernism into his work. A true source of inspiration and a master of certain architects of the second half of the twentieth century, including Jean Nouvel, Parent's work is best remembered for its "oblique function". Today, his work is largely represented by his model projects and drawings. Over 4,000 of his works are now housed at the FRAC Centre-Val de Loire. Bids will include VAT. VAT at 5.5% recoverable on the hammer price and costs for taxable buyers and in the case of exports outside the EC.