A STOOL FOR 'UNITE D'HABITATION', NANTES-REZE, 1954-1955

Details

LE CORBUSIER (1887-1965)
A STOOL FOR 'UNITE D'HABITATION', NANTES-REZE, 1954-1955
painted and veneered composite wood
13 in. (33 cm.) high, 17 in. (43.5 cm) wide, 11 in. (27.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp.

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Lot Essay

A. Rüegg, Le Corbusier: Furniture and Interiors 1905-1965, Zurich, 2012, pp. 336-342 for background on the project, p. 336 for an in situ photograph of other stools of this model (in a natural finish), p. 338 for other stools of this model (painted finish).

The second of four housing units designed by Le Corbusier, the Unité d'Habitation in Nantes-Rezé included these box-like stools which could sit at 11, 13 or 17 inches high. This model, made of particle board and without dovetail joints, had been simplified from an earlier version to reduce manufacturing costs.

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