Pierre Jeanneret
Set of sofa and a pair of armchairs
Auction Closed
November 14, 05:24 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Pierre Jeanneret
Set of sofa and a pair of low chairs
Designed circa 1955 - 1956
Teck and foal skin upholstery
Inscribed PR Room (1) on the crossbar of the sofa and PR Room n.(1) on the crossbar of one low chair, the other low chair numbered 2 on the foot
Pair of armchairs : 74 x 51 x 76 cm ; 29 x 20 x 30 in.
Sofa : 74 x 140 x 80 cm ; 29 x 55 x 31 ½.
Chandigarh, India
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Private collection, France
Éric Touchaleaume and Gérald Moreau, Le Corbusier - Pierre Jeanneret, The Indian Adventure, Paris, 2010, registered under PJ-SI-36-A/B p. 362-363 and 566
Galerie Patrick Seguin, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret: Chandigarh, India, 1951-66, Paris, 2014, p. 140, 146, 147, 149, 242, 272 and 283
These models of sofa and low chairs were notably used in the Punjab University and the High Court in Chandigarh.
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