LE CORBUSIER (1887-1965)

A LACQUERED STEEL AND ALUMINUM WALL LIGHT, CIRCA 1954

Details

LE CORBUSIER (1887-1965)
A Lacquered Steel and Aluminum Wall Light, circa 1954
manufactured by Guilux, Paris, model LC II, with swivelling shade
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high, 19 1/8 in. (48.5 cm.) wide, 8 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Millowners' Association, Ahmedabad.

Literature

Exhibiton catalogue, Table de Jean Prouvé et Jacques André et autres acquisitions récentes, Galerie 54, Paris, 2005, u.p.

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie 54, Table de Jean Prouvé et Jacques André et autres acquisitions récentes, April 2005.

Lot Essay

Wall lights of this model were used in Le Corbusier's Millowners' Association and the Villa Sarabhai, Ahmedabad.

cf. H. Girsberger, Le Corbusier, oeuvre complète, 1952-1957, Zurich, 1965, pp. 116, 123 and 129 for lights of this model at the Villa Sarabhai, pp. 144-157 for information on the Millowner's Association.

Technical drawings for the lamp from the manufacturer, Guilux, April 26, 1954, Fondation Le Corbusier Archives, Paris.

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