Pair of Armchairs, designed for the High Court and Legislative Assembly, Chandigarh, India, circa 1955

Details

LE CORBUSIER (1887-1965) AND PIERRE JEANNERET (1896-1967)
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

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