CH030102
Desk known as "office table" in solid sissoo (Indian rosewood). Rectangular top covered in burgundy leather on a frame, affixed on one side by a panel forming a left side leg with a box section including a drawer and compartment, and on the other side, a profiled leg with a flat triangular rail.
Opening grip in the form of a hollowed-out circle on an aluminium background, typical of the work of Pierre JEANNERET in Chandigarh. On the visitor's side, four central compartments and two open compartments at the side.
Cedar, a soft, local wood, allows the leather to be fixed by tacking, unlike rosewood, which is a dense wood and therefore too hard for the purpose.
Circa: 1957-58.
Dimensions:
Provenance: Administrative buildings in Chandigarh.
Reference: Swiss National Museum in Zurich. City Museum of Chandigarh. Le Corbusier Center, sector 19.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Artcurial Briest, Poulain, F.Tajan, similar model with red leather top, sale on 15/04/2008 in Paris, page 83, lot no. 41. Sold for €13631.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Phillips – Design London, similar model with burgundy leather top, sale on 07/04/2011, page 131, lot no. 93. Sold for £14375 / €16418.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Leclere, similar model with black leather top, sale on 30/09/2013 in Marseille, page 40, lot no. 61. Sold for €18855.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Leclere, similar model with black leather top, sale on 28/04/2014 in Marseille, page 44, lot no. 41. Sold for €10064.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Artcurial Briest, Poulain, F.Tajan, similar model with green leather top, Design sale on 19/05/2014 in Paris, pages 106 and 107, lot no. 67. Sold for €19500.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Phillips - Design London, similar model with black leather top, sale on 28/04/2015, lot no. 73. Sold for £12500 / €17485.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Artcurial, similar model with red leather top, sale on 20/11/2018 in Paris, page 23, lot no. 19. Sold for €14300.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Sotheby’s, similar model with green leather top, sale on 05/12/2018 in Miami, page 87, lot no. 33. Sold for $40000 / €35237.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Piasa, similar model with black leather top, sale on 06/12/2018 in Paris, page 19, lot no. 23. Sold for €23400.
Photo ref.: Catalogue Sotheby’s, similar model with green leather top, sale on 07/10/2019 in Hong Kong, page 109, lot no. 572. Sold for HKD225000 / €26136.
Photo ref. : Similar model in "Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Chandigarh, India" by Galerie Patrick Seguin, pages 206, 246, 247, 248, 249, 267, 288.
Photo ref.: Similar model in “Catalogue – Amie Siegel” Ed. Prem Krishnamurthy. Printed : die Keure 2014, pages 17, 34, 35, 64, 146, 147, 187, 304.
Photo ref.: Similar model in "Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret l'Aventure Indienne" by Eric Touchaleaume and Gérald Moreau, page 572 under reference: PJ-BU-02-A.
Photo ref.: Similar model in "Chandigarh, Pierre Jeanneret" by François Laffanour - Laffanour Galerie Downtown, Paris, 2015, pages 41, 56, 58, 59.
