Pierre Jeanneret

"Committee" Armchair

Import Tariff

Auction Closed

June 10, 06:51 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 10,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Of Form & Color: Art & Design from the Emmanuel de Bayser Collection

Pierre Jeanneret

"Committee" Armchair

designed circa 1953

model no. PJ-SI-30-A

teak, leather upholstery

34 ¼ x 23 ⅜ x 22 ⅞ in. (87 x 59.4 x 58.1 cm)

Administrative Buildings, Chandigarh, India

Private Collection, Paris

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2013

Eric Touchaleaume and Gerald Moreau, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret: L'Aventure Indienne / The Indian Adventure: Design, Art, Architecture, Paris, 2010, pp. 232-233 and 563

Galerie Patrick Seguin, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Chandigarh, India, 1951-66, Paris, 2014, pp. 158-163 and 283

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