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LE CORBUSIER (1887-1965)
A Concrete Exterior Light Fixture, circa 1960
35 in. (89 cm.) high, 34 5/8 in. (88 cm.) wide, 20½ in. (50 cm.) deep
Provenance
Public area, Chandigarh.

Lot Essay

cf. J. Sbriglio, ed., L'Unite d'Habitation de Marseille, Marseille, 1992, p. 49 for a similar light fixture in the park of the Unité d'Habitation, Marseille.
A. Brooks and A. Tzonis, eds., The Le Corbusier Archive, New York/Paris, 1982-84, vol. 17, p. 318, plan no. 26990, and pp. 325 and 327, plans no 27005 and no. 27044, for technical drawings of lights of this model at the Unité d'Habitation, Marseille.
W. Boesinger, ed., Le Corbusier, Oeuvre Complète, 1952-1957, Zurich, 1965, pp. 117 and 124 for illustrations of other light fixture at the Villa Sarabhai, Ahmedabad, and pp. 144-157 for information on the Millowners' Association, Ahmedabad.
W. Boesinger, ed., Le Corbusier, Oeuvre Complète, 1946-1952, Zurich, 1953, pp. 198 and 203-204 for an illustration of other light fixtures at the Unité d'Habitation, Marseille.

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