ID 920140
Lot 6 | LE CORBUSIER (1887-1965) AND PIERRE JEANNERET (1896-1967)
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
Sofa, designed for the High Court, Chandigarh, India, circa 1955
teak, hide upholstery
29 1/2 x 62 1/2 x 33 1/2 in. (74.9 x 158.8 x 85 cm)
with hand painted 93 and with manufacturer's label marked SALWAN FURNITURES NEW DELHI CHANDIGARH
Provenance
High Court, Chandigarh, India
Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris
Phillips, London, 27 September 2011, lot 55
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
W. Boesiger, ed., Le Corbusier et Son Atelier rue de Sevres 35, Œuvre Complète Volume 7, 1957-1965, New York, 1990, pp. 93-94
E. Touchaleaume and G. Moreau, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret: L'Aventure Indienne / The Indian Adventure: Design, Art, Architecture, Paris, 2010, pp. 244-245, 567
Galerie Patrick Seguin, ed., Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Chandigarh, India, 1951-66, Paris, 2014, pp. 132-133 (for a period photograph), 134-135, 282
| Artist: | Pierre Jeanneret (1896 - 1967) Le Corbusier (1887 - 1965) |
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| Medium: | Wood |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Sofas und Couches |
| Artist: | Pierre Jeanneret (1896 - 1967) Le Corbusier (1887 - 1965) |
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| Medium: | Wood |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Sofas und Couches |
| Address of auction |
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