CH010820
Armchair known as 'Advocate and Press Chair' in solid teak and leather. Backrest, seat and armrests slightly tilted and covered in leather. "Bridge" type side leg assembly in teak with slanting, profiled flat legs, supporting separate armrests with "roll" type stuffed covers.
A front rail and back rail support the seat from underneath.
Circa 1955-56.
Dimensions:
Provenance: High Court in Chandigarh.
Reference : One similar example at City Museum in Chandigarh.
Photo ref.: Similar model in "Catalogue Wright Auction" Sale on 23/03/2010 in Chicago, page 137, lot no. 281. Pair sold for $20000 / €14787.
Photo ref.: "Catalogue Leclere" Sale on 03/11/2011 in Marseille, page 25, lot no. 34. Pair sold for €9294.
Photo ref. : Similar model in the catalogue "Phillips - Design London". Sale on 24/09/2014, lot no 233. Pair sold for €31952.
Photo ref.: Similar model in Catalogue "Wright Auction" Sale on 29/10/2015 in Chicago, lot no. 137. Pair sold for $16400 / €14863.
Photo ref.: Similar model in Catalogue "Wright Auction" Sale on 24/03/2016 in Chicago, lot no. 179. Pair sold for $27500 / €24655.
Photo ref.: "Catalogue Artcurial Briest, Le Fur, Poulain, F.Tajan", similar model in leather tobacco, sale on 29/11/2016 in Paris, lot no. 11. Sold for €14300.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Phillips, similar model in black hide, sale on 27/04/2017, page 87, lot no.66. Pair sold for £45000 / €53401.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Sotheby’s, similar model in black hide, sale on 13/12/2017 in New York, pages 24 and 25, lot no. 9. Pair sold for $62500 / €53100.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Phillips, similar model in black hide, sale on 26/04/2018, page 109, lot no.82. Pair sold for £75000 / €86191.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Piasa, similar model in black hide, sale on 26/06/2019 in Paris, page 65, lot no.72. Pair sold for €46800.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Sotheby’s, similar model in black hide, sale on 07/10/2019 in Hong Kong, page 115, lot no.576. Pair sold for HKD375000 / €43561.
Photo ref. : Similar model in "Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Chandigarh, India" by Galerie Patrick Seguin, pages 136, 139, 323.
Photo ref.: Similar model in “Catalogue – Amie Siegel” Ed. Prem Krishnamurthy. Printed : die Keure 2014, page 41, 66, 67, 81, 89, 104, 105, 116, 172, 173, 174, 175, 192, 244, 247.
Photo ref.: Similar model in "Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret l'Aventure Indienne" by Eric Touchaleaume and Gérald Moreau, page 568 under reference: LC/PJ-SI-41-A.
