LE CORBUSIER (1887-1965)

A PAIR OF PAINTED WOOD CUPBOARDS/ROOM DIVIDERS, 1949

Details

LE CORBUSIER (1887-1965)
A Pair of Painted Wood Cupboards/Room Dividers, 1949
each 61 3/8 in. (156 cm.) high, 41 in. (104 cm.) wide, 21½ in. (52 cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

Nursery school, Unité d'Habitation, Marseille.

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie 54, Le Corbusier - Tapisserie dite de 'Marie Cuttoli' dans un environment de mobilier provenant de la Cité Radieuse de Marseille, May-June 2004.

Lot Essay

This model was designed for the children's bedrooms in the nursery school of the Unité d'Habitation in Marseille.

cf. A. Brooks and A. Tzonis, eds., The Le Corbusier Archive, New York/Paris, 1982-84, vol. 17, p. 90. plan no. 26.496 for a technical drawing of this model.

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