Pierre Jeanneret

Three-Piece "Easy" Seating Suite

Import Tariff

Auction Closed

June 10, 06:51 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

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

Pierre Jeanneret

Three-Piece "Easy" Seating Suite

circa 1958

comprising a sofa and pair of armchairs

model no. PJ-SI-32-A/B

teak, hide upholstery

sofa: 29 ½ x 66 ¾ x 32 ¼ in. (74.9 x 169.5 x 81.9 cm)

pair of armchairs: 28 ¾ x 29 x 31 ⅜ in. (73 x 73.7 x 79.7 cm) each

Administrative Buildings, Chandigarh, India

Private Collection, Paris

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2014

Eric Touchaleaume and Gerald Moreau, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret: L'Aventure Indienne / The Indian Adventure: Design, Art, Architecture, Paris, 2010, pp. 110-111 (for the chairs), 317, 360-361 and 564

Galerie Patrick Seguin, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Chandigarh, India, 1951-66, Paris, 2014, pp. 142-145, 238 and 282

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