ID 920255
Lot 5 | LE CORBUSIER (1887-1965) AND PIERRE JEANNERET (1896-1967)
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
Pair of Armchairs, designed for the High Court and Legislative Assembly, Chandigarh, India, circa 1955
teak, hide upholstery
29 1/4 x 29 3/4 x 31 in. (74.3 x 75.6 x 78.7 cm)
one chair with hand painted number 73
the other chair with hand painted number 130
Provenance
High Court, Chandigarh, India
Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris
Phillips, London, 27 September 2011, lot 54
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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| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
| Artist: | Pierre Jeanneret (1896 - 1967) Le Corbusier (1887 - 1965) |
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| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
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