CH100201
Floor lamp in steel and aluminum. With two lights and two "horn"-type stamped sheet aluminum reflectors joined back to back by an articulating, adjustable arm. One lacquered black reflector and the other, shorter one in red lacquer.
The base consists of a tubular central axis black-lacquered steel and stands directly on the floor. Hole with grommet in the lower part to pass the electrical cord through. Rectangular steel rear base.
Circa 1964.
Dimensions:
Provenance : High Court and Assembly in Chandigarh, sector 1.
Photo Ref.: Catalogue Artcurial Briest, Poulain, F.Tajan, similar model with reflectors black and red, sale on 16/02/2010 in Paris, page 56, lot no. 66. Sold for €32757.
Photo Ref.: Catalogue Artcurial Briest, Poulain, F.Tajan, similar model with reflectors yellow and red, sale on 16/02/2010 in Paris, page 56, lot no.67. Sold for €35236.
Photo Ref.: Catalogue Design Artcurial, Poulain, similar model with reflectors black and red, sale on 31/05/2016 in Paris, pages 78 and 79, lot no. 144. Sold for €83600.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Bonhams – Design, similar model with reflectors black and red, sale on 21/06/2016 in New York, lot no.60, page 57. Sold for $27500 / €24461.
Photo Ref.: Similar model in "Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Chandigarh, India" by Patrick Seguin Gallery, pages 252, 206, 242, 272, 290.
Photo Ref.: Similar model in "Catalogue - Amie Siegel" Ed. Prem Krishnamurthy. Printed: die Keure 2014, pages 90, 94, 95, 165, 217.
Photo Ref.: Similar model in "Le Corbusier - Furniture and Interiors 1905-1965" by Arthur Rüegg. Le Corbusier Foundation , Scheidegger & Spiess, 2012, page 359.
Photo Ref.: Similar model in "Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret: The Indian Adventure" by Eric Touchaleaume and Gerald Moreau, page 599, under the reference number: LC-LU-02-A.
Photo Ref.: Similar model in "Chandigarh, Pierre Jeanneret" by François Laffanour - Laffanour Galerie Downtown, Paris, 2015, page 37.
