PIERRE JEANNERET (1896-1967)

A DOUBLE-SIDED FILE RACK, CIRCA 1957-58

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PIERRE JEANNERET (1896-1967)
A DOUBLE-SIDED FILE RACK, CIRCA 1957-58

model PJ-R-27-A; sisso
28 in. (71.2 cm.) high, 48 1/8 in. (122.2 cm.) wide, 14 ¾ in. (37.5 cm.) wide
marked in white paint D.P.I. (c) Pb.18

Lot Essay

cf. E. Touchaleaume and G. Moreau, Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret: The Indian Adventure Design Art Architecture, Montreal, 2010, pp. 194-195 and 596 for examples of this model.
Galerie Patrick Seguin, Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret Chandigarh, India, 1951-66, Paris, 2014, pp. 266 and 289 for examples of this model.

File racks or storage units of this model appeared in the Secretariat and other administrative buildings at Chandigarh.

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