CH010100T
Office chair known as "Office cane chair" in solid teak with seat and backrest in braided canework. "Compass" type double side leg assembly, with the legs connected by a crosspiece and supporting the armrests. Slanted, slightly curved backrest, separate from the seat.
Circa 1955-56.
Dimensions:
Provenance: University housing at Panjab University, sector 14 and administrative buildings in Chandigarh.
Reference: Swiss National Museum in Zurich. Le Corbusier Center in Chandigarh, sector 19. City Museum at Chandigarh, sector 10. Governement and Art Gallery in Chandigarh, sector 10.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Artcurial, Briest, Le Fur, Poulain, F. Tajan, similar model, sale on 27/11/2006 in Paris, lot no. 13. Set of three sold for €12332.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Leclere, similar model, sale on 12/06/2010 in Marseille, page 65, lot no. 184. Set of four sold for €9840.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Leclere, similar model, sale on 22/09/2014 in Marseille, lot no. 10. Pair sold for €6290.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Leclere, similar model, sale on 09/12/2014 in Marseille, lot no. 147. Pair sold for €6290.
Photo ref. : Catalogue Cornette de Saint-Cyr - Art contemporain & design, similar model, sale on 26/04/2015 in Bruxelles, page 18, lot no. 36. Pair sold for €15625.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Wright Auction, similar model, sale on 24/03/2016 in Chicago, lot no. 185. Set of six sold for $33280 / €30393.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Phillips, similar model, sale on 06/06/2017 in New York, page 62, lot no. 42. Set of four sold for $47500 / €42217.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Phillips – Design London, similar model, sale on 20/09/2017, lot no. 42. Set of ten sold for £125000 / €141328.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Aguttes, similar model, sale on 07/05/2018 in Paris, pages 28 and 29, lot no. 19. Set of six sold for €32500.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Piasa, similar model, sale on 17/05/2018 in Paris, Page 58, lot no. 69, Set of six sold for €39000.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Piasa, similar model, sale on 06/12/2018 in Paris, Page 23, lot no. 28, Sold for €7800.
Photo ref. : Catalogue Cornette de Saint-Cyr, similar model, sale on 06/05/2019 in Bruxelles, page 38, lot no. 80. Pair sold for €15600.
Photo ref. : Catalogue Cornette de Saint-Cyr, similar model, sale on 06/05/2019 in Bruxelles, page 38, lot no. 81. Pair sold for €14300.
Photo ref. : Similar model in "Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Chandigarh, India" by Galerie Patrick Seguin, pages 153, 154, 164, 166, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 206, 236, 246, 253, 256, 257, 283.
Photo ref.: Similar model in “Catalogue – Amie Siegel” Ed. Prem Krishnamurthy. Printed : die Keure 2014, pages 34, 54, 76, 77, 108, 125, 133, 136, 144, 214, 235, 291.
Photo ref.: Similar model in "Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret l'Aventure Indienne" by Eric Touchaleaume and Gérald Moreau, page 562 under reference: PJ-SI-28-A.
Photo ref.: Similar model in "Chandigarh, Pierre Jeanneret" by François Laffanour - Laffanour Galerie Downtown, Paris, 2015, pages 41, 90, 92, 93.
