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    Jean Prouvé's Prototype Maison Tropicale and Works by Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret from the Collection of Eric Touchaleaume

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    • LE CORBUSIER (1887-1965)
    Lot 224

    LE CORBUSIER (1887-1965)

    A CONCRETE EXTERIOR LIGHT FIXTURE, CIRCA 1960

    Price realised

    USD 25,200

    Estimate

    USD 25,000 - USD 30,000

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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.

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    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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