CH010401
Armchair known as "Cross easy chair" in solid teak and braided canework. Canework seat and "X" type double leg assembly, forming armrests in the upper part and connected by a crosspiece. Flat canework backrest, slanted and separate from the seat.
Circa 1955-56.
Dimensions:
Provenance: "M.L.A. Hostel" (hostel for civil servants), and "M.L.A. Flat" (residence for civil servants) in Chandigarh, sectors 3 and 4.
Reference: Swiss National Museum in Zurich. Le Corbusier Center in Chandigarh, sector 19.
Photo ref.: Similar model in "Catalogue Christie's" Sale on 05/06/2007 in New York, page 132, lot no. 276. Sold for $8 400 / €6 240.
Photo ref.: "Catalogue Leclere" Sale on 11/12/2010 in Marseille, page 39, lot no. 78. Sold for €7 380.
Photo ref.: Similar model in "Catalogue Wright Auction" Sale on 31/03/2011 in Chicago, page 15, lot no. 111. Sold for $25 000 / €17 732.
Photo ref.: Similar model in "Catalogue Dorotheum" Sale on 04/11/20151 in Vienna - Austria, lot no. 27. Sold for €8750.
Photo ref.: Similar model in “Catalogue – Amie Siegel” Ed. Prem Krishnamurthy. Printed : die Keure 2014, pages 25, 153.
Photo ref. : Similar model in "Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret l'Aventure Indienne" by Eric Touchaleaume and Gérald Moreau. Page 568 under reference: PJ-SI-45-A.
