Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret

Sofa and Pair of Armchairs for the High Court and Assembly, Chandigarh, India

Estimate

70,000 - 100,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private West Coast Collection

Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret

Sofa and Pair of Armchairs for the High Court and Assembly, Chandigarh, India

circa 1955

sofa model no. LC/PJ-SI42-A/B and armchairs model no. LC/PJ-SI/42-A/B

teak, hide upholstery

sofa: 27 ¾ x 62 ⅛ x 32 ⅛ in. (70.5 x 158 x 81.6 cm)

armchairs: 29 ⅝ x 28 ⅝ x 30 in. (72.7 x 76.2 x 76.2 cm) each

High Court, Chandigarh, India

Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris

Phillips London, April 29, 2014, lots 45 and 46

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Willy Boesiger, ed., Le Corbusier et Son Atelier rue de Sevres 35, Oeuvre Complète Volume 7, 1957-1965, New York, 1990, pp. 93-94 (for the armchairs)

Eric Touchaleaume and Gerald Moreau, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret: L'Aventure Indienne / The Indian Adventure: Design, Art, Architecture, Paris, 2010, pp. 228, 231, 244-245 and 567

Galerie Patrick Seguin, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Chandigarh, India, 1951-66, Paris, 2014, pp. 132-135 and 282