LE CORBUSIER (1887-1965)
LE CORBUSIER (1887-1965)

A PAIR OF PAINTED PLYWOOD THREE-PANEL SCREENS, AFTER 1952

細節
LE CORBUSIER (1887-1965)
A Pair of Painted Plywood Three-Panel Screens, after 1952
each screen with two fixed and one hinged adjustable panel
each 54 3/8 in. (138 cm.) high, 62¼ in. (158 cm.) wide, 1 1/8 in. (3 cm.) deep (2)
來源
Nursery school, Cité Radieuse, Marseille.
Lillette Rypert.
Private collector, Cité Radieuse (acquired directly from the previous owner)
展覽
Paris, Galerie 54, Tapisserie dite de 'Marie Cuttoli' dans un environnement provenent de la Cité Radieuse de Marseille, May-June 2004.

拍品專文

cf. J. Sbriglio, L'Unité d'Habitation de Marseille, Marseille, 1992 for information about the Cité Radieuse.

The present screens were most likely executed after 1952, and are thought to be unique pieces. Probably designed to enclose a small space like an alcove or a cupboard, their precise use remains unclear in the absence of documentary evidence. According to the last owner of the screens, a resident of the Cité Radieuse, they are thought to be a special order placed by Lillette Rypert, a friend of Le Corbusier and teacher at the nursery school at the Cité Radieuse.
Each of the screens consists of three panels, two of which are fixed, and one hinged panel which served as a door. The exterior surface of the two fixed panels as well as the interior surface of the hinged panel are painted orange, while the interior surface of the fixed panels is painted in matte grey.